One Hundred Daily Brachos
It states (38:27), אדני את לצקת הכסף ככר מאת ויהי אדנים מאת ...הקדש, "The one hundred kikar of silver should be used to make the holy adanim – one hundred adanim..." These were the 100 silver foundations of the Mishkan. The Baal HaTurim writes, 'ק תקנו וכנגדם יום בכל ברכות, "Corresponding to the one hundred adanim, the chachamim established one hundred daily brachos."
The Chidushei HaRim zt'l says that Hashem resided on the Mishkan, and today, Hashem resides in Yidden. The Mishkan in our generation is every Yid. The original Mishkan had one hundred adanim for its foundations. The foundations of today's Mishkan are the one hundred daily brachos we recite. They are called אדנים because with them, we become aware that Hashem is the אדון, master of the world.
The Tur (Orach Chaim 46) writes, "Every day, one hundred people of Bnei Yisrael died, and they didn't know why this was happening. Dovid HaMelech investigated, understood with his ruach hakodesh, and instituted that Klal Yisrael should recite one hundred brachos daily. Therefore, the chachamim established birchas hashachar [the brachos said in the morning at the beginning of the tefillah] to fill the quota of one hundred daily brachos".
The Prishah explains, "When a hundred people were dying each day, Dovid established that we say one hundred daily brachos, because that will stop the deaths..."
How did the one hundred brachos stop the daily one hundred deaths?
The Levush explains that Hashem does much kindness with the Jewish nation, but people take it all for granted and don't express their gratitude to Hashem. Dovid HaMelech realized that this was the source of the plague. When people don't thank Hashem for His kindness, this can chalilah stop the shefa. So, the solution was to praise Hashem. The solution proved correct because "from the time Dovid instituted this takanah, the plague ceased."
The sefarim say that the one hundred daily brachos protect us in our generation, the same way they protected us in Dovid HaMelech's time. The Zohar (vol.1, 76:) calls the one hundred brachos "one hundred keys." They open Hashem's treasury of goodness.
Hints to the 100 Brachos
The Tur (Orach Chaim 46) writes, "It states (Shmuel 2, 23), על הוקם, 'Dovid established על' and על is gematriya one hundred."
It also states, והיה שמך ואגדלה ואברכך ...לך לך ברכה, "Go...and I will bless you..." The Zohar (vol.1, 76:) notes that לך לך is gematriya one hundred. By reciting one hundred brachos, ברכה והיה, one merits receiving Hashem's brachos.
It states (Tehillim 128:4), גבר יברך כן כי הנה, "So will be a man blessed ..." The Sefer HaManhig teaches that כן כי is gematriya one hundred because by saying one hundred brachos daily, he is blessed with all types of blessings.
The Torah lists ninety-eight curses for those who transgress the Torah, and the Torah adds another two. As it states (Devarim 28:61), ...מכה וכל חלי כל גם "Also, (1) all diseases and (2) all plagues..." Together, these are one hundred curses. The one hundred brachos nullify these one hundred curses.
The Baal HaTurim writes, "The tagin on the kuf of (Devarim 6:7) ובקומך, implies that when one awakens in the morning, he should say one hundred brachos ['ק is gematriya one hundred and ובקומך means 'when you wake up']. And then he will be saved from the ninety-eight curses, plus two others, inferred in the pasuk (Devarim 28:61), מכה וכל חלי כל גם...."
The Levush writes, "This is the meaning of the pasuk, ... ממך שואל אלקיך 'ד מה, 'What does Hashem ask from you?' Chazal say don't read it מה, read it מאה, that Hashem is asking for one hundred brachos..."
One of the benefits of the one hundred brachos is to help us remember Hashem. As the Rambam (Hilchos Tefillah 1:3) writes, "The Chachamim established many brachos...so we can remember the Creator, always."
