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34 ‎[1] **The Blessings of the Betrothal and if it Requires Ten** • 4 paragraphs
All who betroth a woman whether in person or through an agent recites a blessing (he or his agent) (Tur) [and there are those who say that another (R. Moses of Coucy and an anonymous commentator on the Mishnah) should recite a blessing and so it is customary]: “who sanctified us by his commandments and commanded us concerning *Arayot* and prohibited to us relations with betrothed women, permitted to us women married under the *Ḥuppah* and by the betrothal ceremony: “Blessed are you Lord who blesses Israel.” [There are those who say the text of the blessing in different words by saying “and permitted to us marriage by means of *Ḥuppah* and *Kidushin*” (Tur) and concludes it with “Blessed are Thou who sanctifies his people Israel through *Ḥuppah* and *Kidushin*” (Thus wrote R. Asher Ben Yechiel) and thus it is customary in these lands] and after he finishes the blessing he shall betroth her. ‎[2] It is customary to arrange this blessing over a cup of wine and bless upon it first and afterwards make this blessing, and if there is no wine or any intoxicating drink, he blesses it by itself. ‎[3] If the man did not make the blessing of betrothal at the time of the betrothal he should not say it at the time of the marriage ceremony. [Note: There are those who say that one makes this blessing at the time of the marriage (Mordechai, Chapter 1, *Ketubot*), and thus it is customary (even if he had long since betrothed the woman) he should pronounce the blessing of betrothal under the *Ḥuppah*. And there are those who say that he should again betroth her under the *Ḥuppah*, in order that the betrothal should take place near the time of the blessing (R. Isaac Ben Sheshet #82; see below #36) and if the blessing of betrothal had already been pronounced at the time of the first betrothal there are those who say that one repeats the blessing under the *Ḥuppah* without mentioning the name of God because of the onlookers (*Ibid*., “concerning the matter of betrothal through an agent” and so it appears to me correct.)] ‎[4] The blessing of betrothal requires ten to exist â priori.
Version: Hilchot Kidushin, trans. by Steven H. Garten. HUC, 1975
Source: http://library.huc.edu/pdf/theses/Garten%20Steven%20Howard-CN-Rab-1975%20rdf.pdf
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