[Avodah] Kiddushin and Nisuin

[Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer]

On Sep 2, 2025, 2:42AM, at 2:42AM, Aryeh Frimer wrote:
>Micha Berger nicely proves from  Rabbbenu Tam  (Sefer haYashar, shut
>47:7) that Rashi requires making Eirusin and Nissuin on two separate
>kosot. This suggests that  eirusin and nissuin were back-to-back by
>Rashi's day.  I remember from my youth hearing that eirusin and nissuin
>were placed back-to-back because of the Crusades led to the destruction
>and uprooting of communities and loss of contact between perspective
>Brides and Grooms.  This in turn created serious agunah problems. The
>back to back arrangment  meant of course that the marriage arrangements
>were completed in one day.

This makes a lot of sense. The paucity of tangible records of the
evolution of the practice remains remarkable.

KvCT!