Ben Feldman as Michael Ginsberg
On Mad Men last evening, the new Jewish copywriter comes home, bringing groceries (like farmer's cheese, oy vay), and there's his Papa, tall, with a thick accent, a refugee from the old country, probably a widower, possibly a man with tattooed numbers on his arm, and what does the old man do? He blesses the boy with the traditional blesssing a father gives his son, hands on head. The blessing is in the book of Numbers, chapter six, verses 24-26. In the King James Version:
"The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
"The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee.
"The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace."
In Hebrew: Yesimcha Elohim k'Ephraim u'Menasheh.
Yevarechecha Adonai veyishmerecha.
Ya’er Adonai panav elecha veyichunecha.
Yisa Adonai panav elecha veyasem lecha shalom. — DL
Yisa Adonai panav elecha veyasem lecha shalom. — DL