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| # Some hold that it is critical for the witnesses to see the bride's face at the time of the Kiddushin.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva EH 31:5</ref> However, in some communities as a matter of modesty (tzeniyut) the bride's face isn't uncovered.<ref>Rama EH 31:2, Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1, 20:10, p. 141)</ref> | | # Some hold that it is critical for the witnesses to see the bride's face at the time of the Kiddushin.<ref>Pitchei Teshuva EH 31:5</ref> However, in some communities as a matter of modesty (tzeniyut) the bride's face isn't uncovered.<ref>Rama EH 31:2, Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin v. 1, 20:10, p. 141)</ref> |
| ===Who is a Kosher Witness=== | | ===Who is a Kosher Witness=== |
| ====Relatives====
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| # Relatives cannot be eidim for the chosson and kallah nor can the eidim be related to each other. <ref> There is a discussion as to which type of relatives cannot serve as eidim. The psak is that although strictly speaking only a rishon be’rishon, a sheni be’sheni, or a shlishi beshlishi cannot serve as eidim, we are machmir that even a revi’i berevi’i should not serve as eidim. These terms describe how many generations removed the relation is. For example, a rishon berishon are siblings because their parents are one generation above them and are the cause of the relation between them. A sheni besheni are first cousins, because their grandparents are the common ancestor, who are the source of their relation. So we say that shlishi beshlishi is not permitted to be eidim together, which are three generations removed from the source of their relation, and we are machmir to not even allow revi’i berevi’i to be eidim together, which are four generations removed from the source of their relation. Even if someone married into the family and is not related by blood, they are still not permitted to serve as eidim for the chasan and kallah. See [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/820596/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/From_The_Rabbi's_Desk_-_Wedding_Questions Wedding Questions<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz </ref>
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| # A gambler, someone who collects interest, and someone who profits from produce produced during shemita are examples of invalid witnesses in general and specifically for Kiddushin.<ref> Mishna Sanhedrin 24b. The Gemara explains that all of these fall under the category of theft because people who violate laws when it comes to money cannot be trusted in telling the truth in general.</ref>
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| ==The Beracha for Kiddushin (Birkat Erusin)== | | ==The Beracha for Kiddushin (Birkat Erusin)== |
