A Brachah According to Halachah Effects a Revolution
All Brachos Are in the Merit of Eretz Yisrael
Among the seven brachos said for a chassan and kallah, we dedicate a brachah to the rebuilding of Yerushalayim – “Mesame’ach Tzion bevaneha.” What does that have to do with the simchas chassan v’kallah? Harav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, Av Beis Din Kozhiglov, explained based on what we learn from this passuk:
The reason we say sheva brachos at a simchas chassan v’kallah is to nullify the curse that Adam Harishon was cursed with, along with his descendants. The main power of the brachah is drawn from the words “Veheyei brachah” that Avraham Avinu was blessed with. Rashi explains those words: “the brachos are given to your hands.” But Rashi explains that the brachah of “and I will make you a large nation,” was conditioned on “go from your land...to the Land that I will show you,” and we learn from this that all the brachos said here are conditional on dwelling in the Land. Therefore, in order that the residents of chutz l’aretz should also be able to merit the power of the brachos that Avraham was blessed with, it was instituted that we ask in sheva brachos for the building of Yerushalayim, so that their yearning for Yerushalayim will be considered as if they dwelled there, and that is how the brachah of “Mesame’ach Tzion bevaneha” will be fulfilled.
Eretz Tzvi, Vol. II, Drushim, Drush 6:9
