<p dir="ltr">I once theorized (and I still suspect) that Birkas Eirusin is indeed a birkas hamitzvah, but a most unusual one: It is a birkas hamitzvah said upon a prohibition. It can do this, because it is said on one of the very few (only?) prohibitions that one can take on voluntarily (short of nezirus and such). Specifically, the issur on sexual relations between husband and wife during the time between kiddushin and nisuin.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please consider the things mentioned in this bracha:<br>
- Hashem commanded us about arayos<br>
- He forbade an arusa even to her husband<br>
- He allows an arusa after chupa</p>
<p dir="ltr">I recall that someone once mentioned a Magen Avraham that says something similar, that arayos is so important that Chazal wanted to make a bracha on it, and this was the only place they could find. I'm pretty sure it was somewhere in Orach Chayim in Hilchos Brachos. Anyone remember this?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Akiva Millet</p>