גם היא יכולה לברך

מפיו של ר' חס"ד:

"באחת השנים שלחו 'נשי חב"ד' זר פרחים לרבנית, לקראת יום-הולדתה. יחד עם הפרחים הגישו מכתב ברכות בעבור נשים הזקוקות לישועה. הרבי היה אז בבית וסעד את סעודתו עם הרבנית. הגשתי את הפרחים לרבנית ואת המכתב עם בקשת הברכות לרבי. הרבי הביט בי ואמר: 'זה הרי בעבורה!...'. אמרתי לרבי: 'הן הלוא מבקשות ברכות!'. 'גם היא יכולה לברך', הייתה תשובת ברבי. לא אמרתי כלום אך בליבי פנימה חשבתי שמן הסתם היא יכולה לברך בזכותו של הרבי. ואז הוסיף הרבי, כקורא את מחשבותיי: 'ואני מתכוון לברך עם הזכות שלה'".

פרטים נוספים על הסיפור

נשלח ע"י הרב אנשיל פערל, לונג ביטש

On the 25th of Adar, 1976 (5736), Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka's birthday, the doorbell rang while she was having dinner with the Rebbe at their home on President St. in Brooklyn, New York.

Their attendant answered the door and was handed a bouquet of flowers which N'shei Chabad had sent the Rebbetzin along with a letter containing the names of people in need of blessings.The attendant went to the dining room, presented the flowers to the Rebbetzin, and gave the letter to the Rebbe. The Rebbe told him. "It's for the Rebbetzin."

The attendant responded, "It's for the Rebbe. It's a letter requesting brochos." The Rebbe said, "She can also bless." The attendant then gave the letter to the Rebbetzin in her holy hand.

After this, he thought to himself, "Yes, [I see] The Rebbetzin can give blessings of the Rebbe's in his zechus." But the Rebbe then said to the attendant , "She can give blessings in her own merit."

The attendant said to himself, "Then what is the difference between the Rebbe's brochah and the Rebbetzin's brochah?"

The Rebbe then said to him, "Did you learn Derech Mitzvosecha?"

The attendant answered yes. The Rebbe asked which section?" The attendant answered, "Shorush Mitzvas haTefilla." The Rebbe then said, "Surely you know the difference between memalei kol almin, the divine energy that from memalei, which means the person has to do something for the brochah to be fulfilled. When she gives a brochah, it comes from sovev. Therefore, even if the person doesn't do anything for it, the brochah is fulfilled."