Why We Bless on the Mother's Name?
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1:33Anybody ever asked that question? We only say the father's name when giving an aliyah, but not when it's relating to refuah sheleimah. Why don't we say the mother's name? Because the father's name, if he's still alive, you can't bless the son on his name. And the reason why is because there are mekatregim, prosecutors, going against the father in Shamayim, saying he has definitely made at least two sins. One of them is bitul Torah. He watched some YouTube videos that weren’t Shiur Torah. He watched the cops saving the ducks. He watched the baby laugh for three hours. He watched. He watched YouTube. He became one of the 1.5 billion, you know, viewers of the YouTube channel. So, he has a problem with Bitul Torah, definitely. All of us have Bitul Torah. Okay, okay, fine. What’s the other one then? What’s the other? Okay, Bitul Torah, fine, okay, you know. What’s the other one? He wasted seed, definitely wasted seed at some point in his life. For that reason, you can't bless the son in his name. Why? Because you go up to Shamayim and say, "Listen, the blessing came. Wait, who is he? Oh, he's this guy, son of Shimon. Oh, Shimon, the seed waster? Get out of here, get out of here." Let him die.
2:56It's better to bless him with his mother's name. Why? Because she doesn't have those two obligations. So she could not have committed those sins. At least according to the pshat, the simple explanation of the Torah, a woman cannot waste seed. Even though Kabbalah says she can. But as far as bittul Torah, she's not obligated to learn Torah. Therefore, she could not have committed that sin. So at least 50%, she's definitely better than the man. Therefore, bless the son with the mother's name.
