ב"ה " . . . Who commanded us to" Copr. 2005 Rabbi Noah Gradofsky The Command of God: The meaning and Application of Blessings that State "Who Has Sanctified Us By Your Commandment and Commanded Us To . . ."
By: Rabbi Noah Gradofsky: All translations my own, unless otherwise noted. This document will be available in pdf form shortly from http://www.templeisraeloflb.org/Rabbi.html.
the blessing made upon doing a ,ברכת מצוה The issue discussed here is the notion of mitzvah ( commandment ). Particularly, we will discuss its application to actions that are not explicitly commanded in the Torah.
BLESSINGS ON RABBINIC COMMANDMENTS