Me: > I don't understand how "ceremony" and "mitzvah" could be mutually > exclusive categories? What is vidui ma'aser? Why does marriage, unlike > other contracts, require eidei kiyum to be valid? Aren't they > ceremonies as well as mitzvos? And what about "v'nasata es habracha al Har Grizim v'es haklalah al Har Eival"? David Riceman