[Avodah] children at a wedding

[David Riceman]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> Are you suggesting that a person should not attend a wedding unless he 
> will be there "wholeheartedly besimcha"?
The function of attending a wedding to be "m'sameah hatan v'kallah".  If 
your attendance has the opposite effect it makes sense not to go.  Of 
course this is a weaker requirement than being "wholeheartedly 
besimcha", which I imagine is assur anyway until the reconstruction of 
the temple.

David Riceman