erusin

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Pronunciations

erusin (eh-roo-SEEN)

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Definitions

  • n. The first half of the Jewish wedding ceremony.

Example Sentences

  • "Bi'ah is effective according to the Chumash, but the Rabbis instituted an obligation to have a two-stage process, erusin and nisuin, culminating in bi'ah." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • אירוסין‎ 'lit. betrothal'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      eroosin

Notes

  • Also called kiddushin.

    Erusin, "the legal part of the service, includes the ring ceremony and is traditionally separated from the nissuin by the reading of the ketubbah. In early times, this formal betrothal took place a year before the marriage. Today, the erusin and nissuin rituals have been combined into one ceremony, all conducted under a huppah." (JPS)

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