Is a bridegroom who marries a virgin exempt from reciting Shema?
Synopsis
The Talmud exempts a bridegroom on his wedding night from Shema due to preoccupation with a mitzvah, but later authorities debate the duration of the exemption and whether it applies in contemporary times when concentration is generally lacking.
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