About two weeks ago, we visited Rehovot (again) to look at some houses for rent. Today, we called one of the landlords and told him we were still interested. The house is still available, we confirmed the price, and he said he'd draw up a contract for us to come and sign on Sunday.
As the conversation was wrapping up, the landlord said, "שיהיה בברכה. לכולנו" [It should be with blessing. For all of us.]
At which point I suddenly realized that I have the cultural capital to know exactly what was going on: we were sealing the deal verbally right here, right now. So I gave the (nearly) appropriate answer: "ברכה והצלחה" [Blessing and success.] (I looked it up later; turns out the phrase is actually mazel u'bracha. Whatever.)
Hopefully this is just as binding as it is in the diamond district, and contract-signing will go smoothly. Amen.
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