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# Blessing

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A blessing is way to wish good luck for a person. Sometimes, in religious rituals, it is said the God blesses those who are good, or people can bless God. In Judaism, they bless God over wine. The priests can also bless religious objects in order to make them become holy.

When you say "bless you," it is usually when you are sneezing, because there's a tradition carried by the thought that your soul will come out of your mouth and nose if you sneeze, so you have to say "God bless you," or "bless you" for short, in order for the souls to go back. They are wishing you good luck so that the souls are able to come back.

People also think that if unusual good luck or a miracle comes to them, it is a blessing. For example, if some people wanted a child badly but are having difficulty conceiving, it could be considered a blessing from God if they end up having a child.

To give your blessing to someone is to give permission to them. For example, a man can ask his girlfriend's parents' for their blessing before he asks her to marry him.

Blessings are often thought of as the opposite of a curse.

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