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Taanit Chatan v'Kallah (Wedding-Day Fast)

Bride and groom fast on wedding day until chuppah — their personal Yom Kippur.

Bride and groom fast on wedding day until chuppah — their personal Yom Kippur.

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Pele Yoetz :: taanit-chatan-kallah :: general↗curated_attribution

Pele Yoetz · Eliezer Papo · c. 1815 CE

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The bride and groom fast on their wedding day until the chuppah ceremony, treating it as a personal day of atonement similar to Yom Kippur to begin married life with spiritual purification. (Elijah be

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Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim :: taanit-chatan-kallah :: general↗curated_attribution

Kaf HaChayim on Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Yaakov Chaim Sofer · c. 1900 CE

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The bride and groom fast on their wedding day until the chuppah ceremony, treating it as a personal day of atonement similar to Yom Kippur to begin married life with spiritual purification. (Yaakov Ch

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Curated Attribution (metadata) :: taanit-chatan-kallah :: generalcurated_attribution

Citation only · not on Sefaria
Relevance: High

The bride and groom fast on their wedding day until the chuppah ceremony, treating it as a personal day of atonement similar to Yom Kippur to begin married life with spiritual purification. Documents

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