Sheva Brachot (Hebrew: שבע ברכות; literally, "the seven blessings"), also known as birkot nissuin (Hebrew: ברכות נישואין; literally, "the wedding blessings") in Halakha, are blessings that have historically been recited during the wedding of a Jewish couple.[1] There are two stages to a Jewish wedding: betrothal (erusin) and establishing the full marriage (nissuin). Historically, there was a year between the two events, but the two are combined during contemporary Jewish wedding ceremonies.[2][3] Although the Sheva Brachot are recorded and recited as a harmonious unit, the blessings are actually a mosaic of Biblical origination. It is uncertain who composed the benedictions in the form recorded in the Talmud,[4] but the blessings likely originated centuries before their inclusion in tractate Ketubot.[5]
- ^ Miller, Stuart (May 19, 2023). "Celebrating Marriage in Ancient Israel and the Origins of Sheva Berakhot". TheTorah. Project TABS. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ Rabbi Daniel Gordis. "Nissuin: The Second of the Two Ceremonies". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "נישואין - חתונה" (in Hebrew). מרכז לטכנולוגיה חינוכית. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
טקס החתונה בימינו מאחד שני שלבים שהיו בעבר נפרדים - אירוסין ונישואין
- ^ Ketubot 7b-8a
- ^ Miller, Stuart (2017). "Why Sheva Berakhot? – From the Inclusion of "New Faces" to an "Act of Lovingkindness" – or Vice Versa?". Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought. 50 (3). Rabbinical Council of America: 8–34. JSTOR 26879510.