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Before I could say a word, my son turned to my daughter and answered, "It's a melchemet mitzvah," and then went on to explain, "even a chatan [a groom] under the chupah [wedding canopy] has to go if it's a melchemet mitzvah."
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The aufruf requires the prospective chatan (groom) to be called up to the Torah for an aliyah, to recite a blessing during the Shabbat prior to his wedding day (in the
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