Sheva Brachot

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.

[1] Miller, Stuart (May 19, 2023). "Celebrating Marriage in Ancient Israel and the Origins of Sheva Berakhot". TheTorah. Project TABS. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

[2] Rabbi Daniel Gordis. "Nissuin: The Second of the Two Ceremonies". My Jewish Learning. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[3] "נישואין - חתונה" (in Hebrew). מרכז לטכנולוגיה חינוכית. Retrieved 20 June 2019. טקס החתונה בימינו מאחד שני שלבים שהיו בעבר נפרדים - אירוסין ונישואין

[4] Ketubot 7b-8a

[5] 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.

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