45-537: Kiddushin may refer to: Erusin or Kiddushin, sanctification or dedication, also called erusin (betrothal), the first of the two stages of the Jewish wedding process. Kiddushin (Talmud) , the last tractate of the third order of the Mishnah Nashim . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
90-416: A certain amount upon divorce), and Nachmanides understands it as sovlanut , a sort of dowry or engagement present. Rashi understands Rachel and Leah's complaint to Jacob ("we are considered strangers to him for he has sold us" ) as saying that it was not normal for a father to sell his daughters—at least not without also giving them a dowry. Consent from a betrothed woman is not explicitly mentioned as
135-452: A document, or through consummation (sexual intercourse), although the last is prohibited by the Talmud because it is considered to be indecent for witnesses to watch a couple having intercourse: erusin ceremonies are to be confirmed by two witnesses. In all cases, the woman's consent is required; however, it can be implied by her silence. A blessing over wine precedes the erusin and then
180-435: A house of idolatry , Esau would agitate to come out. Thinking that she was carrying one baby who was displaying conflicting propensities, Rebecca sought enlightenment at the yeshiva of Shem and Eber . There she received the prophecy that twins were fighting in her womb and would continue to fight all their lives. The prophecy also said that the older would serve the younger; its statement, "One people will be stronger than
225-524: A local girl from the idol-worshipping families of Canaan (as Esau had done). After Isaac sent Jacob away (to find a wife), Esau realized that his own Canaanite wives were evil in his father's eyes. Esau therefore took Mahalath , a daughter of Isaac's half-brother Ishmael , as another wife. Jacob lived with Laban for twenty years (Gen. 31:41), marrying Laban's two daughters and two maidservants. He returned to Canaan with his large family, servants, and possessions. As he did, Deborah (Rebecca's nurse) died and
270-479: A piece of game for him, so that he could eat it and bless Esau before he died. Rebecca overheard this conversation and realized that Isaac's blessings should go to Jacob, since she was told before the twins' birth that the older son would serve the younger. She therefore ordered Jacob to bring her two goats from the flock, which she cooked in the way Isaac loved, and had him bring them to his father in place of Esau. When Jacob protested that his father would recognize
315-477: A requirement in the Bible, but permission to forgo consent is not explicitly permitted either. That said, after encountering Rebekah ( Genesis 24 :15-16), Abraham's servant sought permission from her family for her to accompany him and become the wife of Isaac (Genesis 24:58). The Talmud states that there are three methods of performing erusin: by handing the woman a coin or object of nominal value, by handing her
360-522: A stone. The groom takes the ring and says in Hebrew, "Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring according to the laws of Moses and Israel ." The groom now places the ring on the bride’s index finger. To separate the erusin and nissuin, the ketubah is read. For legal purposes, a betrothed couple are regarded as husband and wife. Similarly, the union can only be ended by the same divorce process as married couples. However, betrothal does not oblige
405-565: A test in order to find the right wife for Isaac. As he stood at the central well in Abraham's birthplace with his men and ten camels laden with goods, he prayed to God: And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. To his surprise,
450-454: A young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebecca continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham's household. The servant immediately gave her a golden nose ring and two golden bracelets ( Genesis 24:22 , Genesis 24:47 ), which Rebecca hurried to show her mother. Seeing
495-437: Is known by the Hebrew term mohar ( מוהר ). It was customary in biblical times for the bride and her father to be given parts of the mohar . Gradually, it lost its original meaning. The custom arose of giving the mohar entirely to the bride rather than her father. The traditional commentators do not necessarily explain mohar this way. Rashi understands mohar as a form of ketubah (an agreement to pay
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#1732776776631540-522: Is the Hebrew term for betrothal . In Modern Hebrew , erusin means engagement , but this is not the historical meaning of the term, which is the first part of marriage, the second part being the nissuin "nuptials". Since the Middle Ages it is customary for the marriage to occur immediately after the betrothal, and to perform the betrothal during the marriage ceremony itself. Previously, this
585-407: The birkat erusin "betrothal blessing". If forgotten before the ceremony, it can be recited before the ketubah is read. Originally, the groom recited the blessings, but today it is more common for someone else to recite them such as the wedding's Rabbi. Today, the custom is to perform the betrothal by giving the bride a well-known and fairly constant-valued object: a gold wedding ring without
630-524: The bride and bridegroom stand under the chuppah , they take part in a special ceremony called badeken (veiling). The bridegroom is led to the bride by two escorts and, seeing her, covers her face with a veil, like the way Rebecca covered her face before marrying Isaac. Then the bridegroom (or the father of the bride , or the officiating rabbi ) recites the same blessing over the bride that Rebecca's family recited over her, "Our sister, may you come to be thousands of myriads, and may your offspring inherit
675-422: The mitzvahs . Scripture notes that the attitudes of their parents toward the boys differed: "Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of hunting, but Rebecca loved Jacob". According to the Talmud , immediately after Abraham died, Jacob prepared a lentil stew as a traditional mourner's meal for his father, Isaac. The Hebrew Bible states that Esau, returning famished from the fields, begged Jacob to give him some of
720-428: The age of 40 (the same age his father had been when he married), Esau took two Hittite wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, who vexed Isaac and Rebecca to no end, as these women were also idol-worshippers. One reason why Isaac became blind in his old age was due to the smoke of the incense that these women offered to their idols. Isaac became blind in his old age and decided to bestow
765-455: The age of Rebecca at her death. Ishmael was born when Abraham was 86 years old (Gen. 16:16) and died at the age of 137 (Gen. 25:17). Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 (Gen. 21:5); at that time Ishmael was 14. Jacob and Esau were born when Isaac was 60 (Gen. 25:26); at that time Ishmael was 74. Right after Jacob receives the blessings and flees to Laban, the Torah states that Esau married "Mahalat,
810-572: The betrothal ceremony. Rebecca Rebecca ( / r ɪ ˈ b ɛ k ə / ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau . According to biblical tradition, Rebecca's father was Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram , also called Aram-Naharaim . Rebecca's brother was Laban the Aramean, and she was the granddaughter of Milcah and Nahor ,
855-527: The blessing of the firstborn upon Esau. According to the Midrash, Isaac had reached the age of 132, five years past the age of his mother, Sarah, had been at the time of her death. According to Genesis, Isaac had reached the age of 137. At this time, the Sages state that one should begin to think he might not exceed the age of whichever parent died first. Isaac therefore sent Esau out to the fields to trap and cook
900-582: The brother of Abraham . Rebecca and Isaac were one of the four couples that some believe are buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs , the other three being Adam and Eve , Abraham and Sarah , and Jacob and Leah . Most scholars have considered Rebecca's historicity uncertain. After the Binding of Isaac , Sarah died. After taking care of her burial, Abraham went about finding a wife for his son Isaac, who
945-406: The couple to behave towards each other in the manner that a married couple is required to , nor does it permit the couple to have a sexual relationship. The rabbis prohibited shiddukhin , marrying without an engagement. Therefore, an old custom is to sign a Shetar haT'na'im as a formal form of engagement, forming an informal declaration of the couple's intentions is read close to the start of
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#1732776776631990-450: The daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebaiot " (Gen. 28:9), on which Rashi, quoting Megillah 17a, notes that Ishmael died between the engagement and wedding, so the girl's brother gave her away. If Ishmael was 137 at the time of his death, this means that Jacob and Esau were 63 at the time of the blessings. The Talmud adds that Jacob spent 14 years in the yeshiva of Shem and Eber before proceeding to Laban, arriving when he
1035-472: The deception and curse him as soon as he felt him, since Esau was hairy and Jacob smooth-skinned, Rebecca said that the curse would be on her instead. Before she sent Jacob to his father, she dressed him in Esau's garments and laid goatskins on his arms and neck to simulate hairy skin. Thus disguised, Jacob entered his father's room. Surprised to perceive that Esau was back so soon, Isaac asked how it could be that
1080-478: The first עשו, Esau ('Esav or 'Esaw, meaning either "rough", "sensibly felt", "handled", from Hebrew : עשה , ' asah , "do" or "make"; or "completely developed", from Hebrew : עשוי , ' assui , since Esau had as much hair as a child who was much older) The second was named יעקב, Jacob (Ya'aqob or Ya'aqov, meaning "heel-catcher", "supplanter", "leg-puller", "he who follows upon the heels of one", from Hebrew : עקב , ' aqab or ' aqav , "seize by
1125-455: The gate of its foes." According to the traditional counting cited by Rashi , Isaac was 37 years old at the time of the Binding of Isaac . The reasoning for that age is that Sarah, who gave birth to Isaac when she was 90, died after the binding when she was 127 years old, making Isaac around 37 at that time. Isaac was 40 years old when he married Rebecca. Medieval rabbis, including Isaiah di Trani and Hezekiah ben Manoah , calculate that she
1170-481: The girl herself, and she agreed to go immediately. Her family sent her off with her nurse, Deborah (according to Rashi ), and blessed her, "Our sister, may you come to be thousands of myriads, and may your offspring inherit the gate of its foes." As Rebecca and her entourage approached Abraham's home, they spied Isaac from a distance in the fields of Beer-lahai-roi . The Talmud and the Midrash explain that Isaac
1215-495: The groom. The Book of Deuteronomy introduces the concept of erusin. This holds the couple accountable to the law against adultery , which is punishable by death, while not fully considering them as married in Deuteronomy 22:23 An untraditional view is that the betrothal was effected simply by purchasing the girl from her father (or guardian) (i.e., paying a bride price to the bride and her father). The price paid for her
1260-418: The heel", "circumvent", "restrain", a wordplay upon Hebrew : עקבה , ' iqqebah or ' iqqbah , "heel"). The Bible states that Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. The Midrash says that as boys, people did not notice much difference between them. When they reached the age of 13, Jacob busied himself in the house of study , while Esau busied himself with idolatry. The descriptions of
1305-407: The hunt to receive the blessing. The realization that he has been deceived shocks Isaac, yet he acknowledged that Jacob received the blessings as sworn, by adding, "Indeed, he will be [or remain] blessed!" (52:8). Rashi explains that Isaac smelled the heavenly scent of Gan Eden (Paradise) when Jacob entered his room. As a contrast, Isaac perceived Gehenna opening beneath Esau when the latter entered
1350-448: The hunt went so quickly. Jacob responded, "Because the L ORD your God arranged it for me"; Rashi (on Genesis 52:46 ) says Isaac's suspicions were aroused because Esau never used the personal name of God. Isaac demanded that Jacob come close so he could feel him, but the goatskins felt just like Esau's hairy skin. Confused, Isaac exclaimed, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau!" (27:22). Still trying to get at
1395-428: The jewelry, Rebecca's brother Laban ran out to greet the guest and bring him inside. The servant recounted the oath he made to Abraham and all the details of his trip to and meeting with Rebecca in fine detail, after which her brother Laban and her father Bethuel agreed that she could return with him. After hosting the party overnight, the family tried to keep Rebecca with them longer. The servant insisted that they ask
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1440-408: The other" has been taken to mean that the two nations will never gain power simultaneously; when one falls, the other will rise, and vice versa. According to tradition, Rebecca did not share the prophecy with her husband. When the time came for Rebecca to give birth, the first child to come out emerged red and hairy all over, with his heel grasped by the hand of the second to come out. Onlookers named
1485-424: The room, showing Isaac that he had been deceived all along by Esau's show of piety. Esau was heartbroken by the deception, and begged for his own blessing. Having made Jacob a ruler over his brothers, Isaac could only promise, "By thy sword thou shalt live, and shalt serve thy brother; yet it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt cast off his yoke from off thy neck" (Gen 27:40). Esau
1530-461: The stew. (Esau referred to the dish as "that red, red stuff", giving rise to his nickname, Hebrew : אדום (' Edom , meaning "Red")). Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright (the right to be recognized as firstborn), and Esau agreed. The Talmudic dating indicates both men were 15 years old at the time. At a later time, a famine struck the land of Israel and Isaac moved his family, upon God's command, to Gerar , which
1575-591: The title Kiddushin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiddushin&oldid=923960277 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Erusin Erusin ( Hebrew : אירוסין , romanized : ʾerusin , also Babylonian ʾirrusin )
1620-428: The truth, Isaac asked him point-blank, "Are you really my son Esau?" and Jacob answered simply, "I am" (which can be taken as "I am me", not "I am Esau"). Isaac proceeded to eat the food and to drink the wine that Jacob gave him, and then he blessed him with the dew of the heavens, the fatness of the earth, and rulership over many nations as well as his own brother. Jacob had scarcely left the room when Esau returned from
1665-422: The two young men hint at their opposing spiritual natures: "The lads grew up and Esau became one who knows hunting, a man of the field; but Jacob was a wholesome man, abiding in tents". The description of Esau as a "hunter" hints to his skill of trapping his father with his mouth; for example, he would ask Isaac whether tithes should be taken from salt and straw, making his father think he was scrupulous in keeping
1710-448: Was 14. Twenty years elapsed before they had children; throughout that time, both Isaac and Rebecca prayed fervently to God for offspring. God eventually answered Isaac's prayers and Rebecca conceived. Rebecca was extremely uncomfortable during her pregnancy and went to inquire of God why she was suffering so. According to the Midrash, whenever she would pass a house of Torah study, Jacob would struggle to come out; whenever she would pass
1755-484: Was alive, and that disappeared with her death, reappeared when Rebecca entered the tent. These were: A lamp burned in her tent from Shabbat eve to Shabbat eve, there was a blessing in her dough , and a cloud hovered over her tent (symbolizing the Divine Presence ). Some of the events leading up to the marriage of Isaac and Rebecca have been institutionalized in the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony . Before
1800-484: Was already 37 years old. He commanded his servant (whom the Torah commentators identify as Eliezer of Damascus ) to journey to his birthplace of Aram Naharaim to select a bride from his own family, rather than engage Isaac to a local Canaanite girl. Abraham sent along expensive jewelry, clothing and dainties as gifts to the bride and her family. If the girl had refused to follow him, Abraham stated that Eliezer would be absolved of his responsibility. The servant devised
1845-581: Was buried at a place that Jacob calls Alon Bachuth (אלון בכות), "Tree of Weepings" (Gen. 35:8). According to the Midrash, the plural form of the word "weeping" indicates a double sorrow, implying that Rebecca also died at this time. Rebecca was buried in the Cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan (Gen. 49:31). According to the Talmud, the Torah's explicit dating of the life of Ishmael helps to date various events in Jacob's life and, by implication,
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1890-458: Was filled with hatred toward Jacob for taking away both his birthright and his blessing. He vowed to himself to kill Jacob as soon as Isaac died. Here again, Rebecca prophetically perceived his murderous intentions and ordered Jacob to travel to her brother Laban's house in Haran, until Esau's anger subsided. She then convinced Isaac to send Jacob away, by telling him that she despaired of him marrying
1935-419: Was not the case, and there were often several months between the two events, according to Ketubot 57b: "a virgin is given twelve months to prepare for her wedding? ... a widow given her thirty days". In Hebrew and rabbinic literature , betrothal is frequently referred to as "sanctification" ( Hebrew : קידושין , romanized : qiddushin ), on account of the bride becoming "sanctified" (dedicated) to
1980-459: Was praying, as he instituted Mincha , the afternoon prayer. Seeing such a spiritually exalted man, Rebecca immediately dismounted from her camel and asked the accompanying servant who he was. When she heard that this was her future husband, she modestly covered herself with a veil. Isaac brought her into the tent of his deceased mother Sarah, married her, and loved her. According to Rashi, the three miracles that characterized Sarah's tent while she
2025-637: Was ruled by Abimelech , king of the Philistines . Like Abraham before him, who called Sarah his "sister" rather than his "wife" so that the Egyptians would not kill him and take his wife, Isaac told the people of Gerar that Rebecca was his sister. She was not molested, but one day Abimelech looked through the window and saw Isaac "sporting" (a euphemism for sexual play) with her. Abimelech called Isaac on his lie, and then warned others not to touch Rebecca. Eventually Isaac parted from Abimelech in peace. At
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