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When does a wedding need ten men for Sheva Brachos? The Gemara (גמרא) distinguishes between a bocher marrying an almana (needs ten) and an alman marrying an almana (doesn't need ten). But this creates a fundamental problem: how can we learn the requirement from Boaz when he was making brachos for the wedding ceremony itself, not for subsequent meals?
The shiur analyzes the Gemara (גמרא)'s discussion of when birchas chasanim (wedding blessings) requires a minyan of ten men. The Gemara presents a contradiction between two statements of Rav Huna: one requiring a bracha and another stating no bracha is needed. The resolution distinguishes between different cases - a bocher (bachelor) marrying an almana (widow) needs ten men for birchas chasanim, while an alman (widower) marrying an almana needs only one day of brachos, not the full seven days. Rabbi Zweig raises several significant difficulties with this sugya. The first kasha, found in the Beis Yaakov, questions whether the Gemara should distinguish between birchas erusin (betrothal blessings) and birchas nisuin (marriage blessings). The Rosh holds that birchas erusin also requires ten men. If so, there should be no difference between an alman and bocher regarding birchas erusin - both cases involve the same mitzvah (מצוה) of marriage. This makes the Gemara's proof from Boaz problematic.
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