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#77 - Birkat Eirusin, or: Is Marriage a Mitzvah?

#77 - Birkat Eirusin, or: Is Marriage a Mitzvah?

Update: 2025-06-29
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At the moment of kiddushin, the inception of marriage, we recite the b'rakhah known as birkat eirusin, "the betrothal benediction." What does the text of that b'rakhah tell us about the nature of marriage according to the halakhah? Surprisingly - well, maybe not surprisingly - there's a machloket over that! 

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#77 - Birkat Eirusin, or: Is Marriage a Mitzvah?

#77 - Birkat Eirusin, or: Is Marriage a Mitzvah?

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