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| rdfs:comment | - Nissu'in is the Hebrew term for the act creating a marriage. Although betrothal (Hebrew: erusin) is often used as a synonym for this by modern western society, they are technically quite distinct events; in the Bible and historic Judaism the distinction between them is strongly maintained. Since the middle ages, however, most Jewish communities have now amalgamated betrothal and marriage, embedding the betrothal ceremony into that for the marriage.
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| abstract | - Nissu'in is the Hebrew term for the act creating a marriage. Although betrothal (Hebrew: erusin) is often used as a synonym for this by modern western society, they are technically quite distinct events; in the Bible and historic Judaism the distinction between them is strongly maintained. Since the middle ages, however, most Jewish communities have now amalgamated betrothal and marriage, embedding the betrothal ceremony into that for the marriage.
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