Q&A: The Daughters of Zelophehad in Grace After Meals
The Daughters of Zelophehad in Grace After Meals
Question
In the phrase, “for having given our fathers a desirable, holy, good, and spacious land” — would descendants of the daughters of Zelophehad recite, “for having given our mothers a land,” etc.?
Answer
I don’t see a reason for that. The blessing is general, and not each person blesses based on his or her own personal situation. A proof of this is that even converts and those who have no territorial inheritance in the Land of Israel (priests) can recite this wording.
Up to this point I was discussing whether there is any rationale for it. There is another question: is it even permissible to recite the blessing that way? It seems to me that yes. It does not seem to me to count as changing the fixed formula instituted by the Sages, since this is not in the actual core text of the blessing and it does not omit any element from the blessing.