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In Parshat נשא, the Kohanim are ordered to bless Bnei Yisrael using the bracha that is called “the triple blessing.”
יברכך ה' וישמרך
יאר ה' פניו אליך ויחונך
ישא ה' פניו אליך וישם לך שלום
We can see that the bracha includes three parts and is written in three different pesukim, which is why it is called the triple blessing –
הברכה המשולשת.
The Malbim says that the meaning of triple in this instance is not merely technical in nature, but it comes to teach us that these are the three types of blessings that we need.
The first bracha includes the material things that are visible and tangible. The second bracha refers to the spiritual matters of the soul, while the third bracha includes internal peace and the kindness and love by God and human beings.
This blessing is said by the Kohanim every day in Eretz Yisrael, but only during Musaf on Yom Tov outside of Israel. In some families, it is also part of the bracha that parents give their children every Friday night and on Erev Yom Kippur.
There is an interesting pasuk after the triple blessing that says:
ושמו את שמי על בני ישראל ואני אברכם
Thus they shall link My name with the people of Israel, and I will bless them.
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