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[[File:Jewish engagement book.jpg|right|thumb|Engagement book of Jakob Wyler and Robertine Bloch, 1907, Brugg, today in the collection of the [[Jewish Musem of Switzerland|Jewish Museum of Switzerland]]]]
'''''Erusin''''' ({{Script/Hebrew|אירוסין}}) is the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] term for [[betrothal]]. In [[modern Hebrew]], "erusin" means [[engagement]], but this is not the historical meaning of the term, which is the first part of marriage (the second part being ''[[nissuin]]'').<ref name="JewEncBet">{{Jewish Encyclopedia|article=betrothal|url=http://
Since the [[Middle Ages]]<ref name="JewEncMarLaw">{{Jewish Encyclopedia|article=marriage ceremonies|url=http://
In [[Hebrew]] and [[classical rabbinic literature]], betrothal is frequently referred to as sanctification (Hebrew: ''Kiddushin'', קידושין), on account of the bride becoming "sanctified" (dedicated) to the groom.
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== In the Hebrew Bible ==
In the [[book of Deuteronomy]], the concept of erusin is introduced. This holds the couple accountable to the law against [[adultery]], which is punishable by death, while not fully considering them as married.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Deuteronomy|22:23|HE}}</ref>
The traditional commentators do not necessarily explain ''mohar'' this way. [[Rashi]] understands ''mohar'' as a form of ''[[ketubah]]''
Consent from a betrothed woman is not explicitly mentioned as a requirement in the Bible,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kawashima |first=Robert S. |date=2011 |title=Could a Woman Say "No" in Biblical Israel? On the Genealogy of Legal Status in Biblical Law and Literature |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41310646 |journal=AJS Review |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=1–22 |issn=0364-0094}}</ref> but permission to forgo consent is not explicitly permitted either.<ref name="CheyneAndBlackMar">{{EncyclopaediaBiblica|article=MARRIAGE|section=Manius-Mash}}</ref> That said, after encountering [[Rebecca|Rebekah]] ([[Chayei Sarah|Genesis 24]]:15-16), Abraham's servant sought permission from her family for her to accompany him and become the wife of Isaac (Genesis 24:58).<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|24:57,58|HE}}</ref>
== In the Talmud ==
=== The legal act ===▼
▲=== The legal act ===
The Talmud states that there are three methods of performing erusin
== The ceremony ==
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=== The blessings ===
The erusin is preceded by a blessing over wine and then the ''bircat erusin'' (betrothal blessing).<ref name="RLamm15">The Jewish Way in Love & Marriage, Rabbi Maurice Lamm, Harper & Row, 1980,
=== The betrothal ===
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=== The ketubah ===
In order to separate the erusin and nissuin - the two parts of the wedding - the [[ketubah]] is
=== Other issues ===
For legal purposes, a betrothed couple
The rabbis prohibited marrying without an [[engagement]] (''[[shiddukhin]]''). Therefore, an old custom is to sign a ''[[:he:תנאים (אירוסים)|Shetar haT'na'im]]'' as a formal form of engagement, forming an informal declaration of the couple's intentions,<ref>Adler, Binyamin. ''Sefer haNisuim Kehilchatam'', haMesorah Publishing, Jerusalem, 1985. chapter 3, paragraph 184-5.</ref> and is read close to the start of the betrothal ceremony.
== See also ==
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== External links ==
{{Jewish life}}
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