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R’ הלל פוסק asked at a wedding סעודה why we bless the חתן and כלה withשמח תשמח רעים אהובים כשמחך יצירך בגן-עדן, namely like אדם and חוה. “Would it not be more appropriate to mention אברהם and שרה, who had an ideal marriage?” he asked. “The answer,” he said, “is that most arguments between a husband and wife arise because of the neighbors. She is jealous of the jewelry her neighbor got; he is jealous of the meals waiting for his neighbor when he comes home. So the מסדר קידושין blesses the couple that they should be like the only couple in גן-עדן, happy together, without making comparisons to anyone else.”

06/10/2021