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Sheva Brachot ((ヘブライ語:שבע ברכות)) literally "the seven blessings" also known as ''birkot nissuin'' ((ヘブライ語:ברכות נישואין)), "the wedding blessings" in ''Jewish law'' are blessings that are recited for a bride and her groom as part of ''nissuin''. In Jewish marriages there are two stages - betrothal (''erusin'') and establishing the full marriage (''nissuin''); historically there was a year between the two events, but in modern marriages, the two are combined as a single wedding ceremony. Though the Sheva Brachot are a stylistically harmonious whole, they are actually a mosaic of interwoven Biblical words, phrases and ideas. It is not certain who composed the benedictions; the text is recorded in the Talmud,〔''Ketubot 7b-8a〕 but its origin is probably several centuries earlier. ==Occasion== In the seventh century, it was traditional for the blessings to be said at the groom's house, and at the house where the bride had spent the night previous to the marriage;〔 this is still the tradition among Jews in some parts of Asia, but in most regions the wedding blessings are now recited towards the end of the formal marriage ceremony,〔 under the ''Chuppah''. These blessing are also recited as part of the week-long festivities celebrating the wedding; in most communities these festive meals occur during the week after the wedding, but among the Mountain Jews they occur during the week before it.〔Joseph Judah Chorny, ''Sefer HaMassa'ot'', 1884 (published posthumously)〕 Under the ''chuppah'' the blessing over wine comes first; at the meal table it comes last, after the ''Grace After Meals''. If both the bride and the groom were previously married the post wedding celebrations are limited to three days, not seven.〔Abraham Danzig, ''Wisdom of Man'' 129:4〕 In such a case, the blessings are recited only after the very first festive meal, which should take place right after the wedding. In Orthodox Judaism, the first six of the blessings are said only if a religiously valid quorum is present.〔Abraham Danzig, ''Wisdom of Man'' 129:3〕〔Abraham Danzig, ''Wisdom of Man'' 129:6〕 On weekdays their recitation also requires the presence of at least one person who was not present for any previous ''Sheva Brachot'' of the couple. On Shabbat there is no need for a new guest, since the Shabbat itself is considered a new guest. New guests are referred to as ''new faces'' (Hebrew: ''Panim Chadashot''). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheva Brachot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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