[Avodah] Birkas Erusin

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:42:22 GMT, "kennethgmiller at juno.com"
<kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:
> On the occasion of my daughter's wedding about 18 hours from now, I'd
like
> to share a thought which I've had for a long time, but could find no
> support for until a few minutes ago.

Mazal tov!

...
> But how can we have a Birkas Hamitzvah on a prohibition? It is unheard
of!
> Yes, I'll concede that this is the only such brachah. But this is also a
> very unusual prohibition. All other prohibitions apply from the time we
> were first obligated in mitzvos, or they apply at certain times of the
day
> or year, and are clock/calendar dependent. As such, the concept of Over
> Laasiyasan sort of doesn't apply, making the bracha a no-go.

Tosefes Shabbos is similar. By making Shabbos early, I create issurim to
avoid. Ta'anis on YK is certainly besheiv ve'al ta'aseh. But the berakhah
is on the neir.


Tir'u baTov! 
-Micha