[Avodah] Mesameah hasan im hakallah

[David Riceman]

The SA says that the mitzvah is mesameah hasan v'kallah, so why the asymmetry in the bracha? Notice that the SA gives a recipe for praising the bride but not the groom; another asymmetry.

I suggest that the source of the mitzvah is v'simah es ishto asher lakah.  Hence the asymmetry: we're making him happy and instructing him how to make his wife happy; the ikkar mitzvah for the guests at wedding is hinuch.

I'd add more evidence if typing on this machine weren't such a drag.

David Riceman

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