Some quotes by me (very Litvish) Roshei Yeshivas on brachos:
- I saw people lining up in front of R’ Chaim Kanievsky’s house. I thought to myself, “Ah! They all want to appreciate to gadlus of his Torah!” but then I spoke with some of them and realized that they are getting brachos. Brachos? Do they think that the Gaon has some sort of magic potion that he gives them to make their lives better?
- “A beracha doesn’t really work because of the Rovs d’veikus and gadlus, it works because a person feels like it will work and therefore davens harder.” “Like a placebo, Rebbi?” “Sorry I don’t speak Latin.”