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The tna'im are the official agreements between the bride and groom, traditionally written up in a contract. Read the reasons, legal minutiae, and various customs surrounding the tna'im.
The Engagement Contract
Traditional text of the tnai'm, the engagement contract, along with an English translation.
The text of the traditional engagement contract alludes to the cosmic energies which are unleashed by a Jewish marriage, a throwback to the supernal mechanisms which led to the creation of the worlds.
A blessing, a drink, an engagement party—it’s all that and more.
Interpretation of the blessings in the tenaim: “A man who finds a wife finds goodness and evokes favor from G d who is good.”
(Book)
Letter No. 147:
This letter was addressed to Rabbi Avraham Hecht, a graduate of the Lubavitcher Yeshivah, who was serving as a Rosh Yeshivah in Dorchester, Mass., at that time, on the occasion of his engagement. B”H, 2 Nissan, the Hilula (yahrzeit) of the Rebbe (Rashab) ...
Who is qualified to serve as a witness at a Jewish wedding?
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