[Avodah] Sheva Brochos

[Zev Sero]

RallisW at aol.com wrote:
> I understand that the Gemoro rules that if a couple marries, and both 
> have been married before, they are entitled to three days of Sheva 
> Brochos. I recently heard that a local rabbi ruled that just such a 
> couple, wasn't entitled to any Sheva Brochos or at most one day. Can 
> anyone shed any light on this matter?

The three days is not for sheva brochos but for issur melacha.  He can't
go to work for three days so he can stay home with his wife (EH 64:2),
but they only say sheva brochos at the first meal, and that only if it's
on the same day (EH 62:6).

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