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The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita: One recites a benediction for a virgin who marries for 7 days and for a widow who marries for one day. What, is it not even in the case of a widow who is married to a bachelor, that one recites the benediction for one day? The Talmud answers: No, it i
Although the tanna could have included that case in the baraita, he taught categorical matters. He preferred to avoid entering into detail, as there is no virgin for whom the benediction is recited fewer than 7 days, and there is no widow for whom the benediction is recited for less than one day.
§ Apropos the source for the benediction of the grooms, the Talmud discusses the matter itself. Rav Naḥman said: Huna bar Natan said to me that it was taught: From where is it derived that the benediction of the grooms is recited in a quorum of 10 men? It is as it is stated: “And he took 10 men of t
And what does Rav Naḥman derive from this verse from which R' Abbahu derived that halakha? He requires the verse to derive that which is taught in a baraita: R' Meir would say: From where is it derived that even fetuses in their mother’s womb recited the song at the Red Sea? It is as it is stated i
And what does R' Abbahu derive from this verse from which Rav Naḥman derived his halakha? He requires the verse stating that Boaz assembled 10 men in order to teach that the Torah prohibition with regard to marrying members of the nations of Ammon and Moab is limited to a male Ammonite and not a fem