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The Netivot Shalom asks a question about Birkas Kohanim in this weeks parsha. The Bracha that the Kohanim say is "levarech et amo yisrael Ba'hava" - why is it that the bracha ends with the word "be'ahava"? What is the meaning of it and why is it attached to so many of our brachot... in shemona esrei, and in kri'at shma as well?
The world runs based on the relationship between the משפיע and מקבל- the giver and the receiver. Hashem is the משפיע He provides everything to us and we, and all the creations of the world, are the מקבל - we receive everything from Hashem. Even among ourselves, the world runs on this constant basis of giving and receiving. If we didn't need anything, or have the natural inclination to give, the world couldn't possibly run. So what is the מידה that causes us to give and connects the giver and receiver in any relationship. It is love/ אהבה. Without it, people wouldn't give to to other people. You love someone that you give things too. That is what connects the משפיע and מקבל. Hashem loves us and that is why He provides for us. This answers the question of why אהבה is involved in many of the brachot. When we say a bracha we are saying that we know that Hashem is the source of everything and we ask Him to channel that into a certain area that we need and want to ask for. The only way we can get these things from Hashem is if there is אהבה - the connection between the משפיע and מקבל how else could it be that Hashem will give us what we need and answer our tefilot. It has to be "be'ahava" - We have to have a loving קשר with Hashem and that way He will always be our משפיע. This helps us understand a little bit more the power of a bracha and what it says about our connection to Hashem.
Have a great shabbas!
-Rikah Lerer