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(Mishnah Berakhot 1 2:5) A BRIDEGROOM IS EXEMPT FROM THE RECITAL OF THE SHEMA’ FROM THE FIRST NIGHT UNTIL THE END OF THE SABBATH, IF HE HAS NOT CONSUMMATED THE MARRIAGE. ONCE WHEN R. Gamaliel MARRIED HE RECITED THE Shema ON THE FIRST NIGHT: SO HIS DISCIPLES SAID TO HIM: ‘MASTER, YOU HAVE TAUGHT US THAT A BRIDEGROOM IS EXEMPT FROM THE RECITAL OF THE Shema ON THE FIRST NIGHT?’ HE SAID TO THEM: ’I WILL NOT HARKEN TO YOU TO CAST OFF FROM MYSELF THE YOKE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN EVEN FOR A MOMENT.’
