6166 – The Wedding Shema?
Q. Rabeinu Shlit’a. As the Rabbi knows, I’m getting married next week. Are there any halachic opinions that nowadays a chassan is exempt from saying Shema after the wedding?
A. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 70:3 rules that these days since people generally do not concentrate properly when they recite the Shema, a groom is obligated on his wedding night to recite it. Mishnah Berurah adds that it would be a sign of haughtiness to abstain.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting, Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a
Reviewed by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: November 6, 2026