Learn the Laws of Megillah and Chanukah Chapters 3 & 4 (from the Rambam)
Introduction to Mitzvot 213 - 214, 216 - 220
Jewish Marriage
It was the year 2448 after the creation of the world.
A grand wedding was taking place around a mountain in the Sinai desert. Everyone had heard the engagement announcement and many had witnessed the "shower" of gifts and special attention given to the bride to be.
All were excited and anxious about the upcoming event.
The Shofar was blowing the wedding tune, the skies themselves "flashed" with lightening, as if taking pictures, and a heavenly fire accompanied the bridegroom to the chuppah.
It was Matan Torah - the giving of the Torah.
HaShem, the bridegroom, was joined by the bride, the Jewish nation, united by the wedding ring, the Torah, that was being presented to them.
This holy union serves as a model for all Jewish marriages throughout the generations.
At that time, HaShem instituted laws and rules (expressed by the following Mitzvot) that enable every Jewish marriage to reflect that original sacred bond.
Positive Mitzvah 213
Marriage
Deuteronomy 24:1 "When a man takes a wife and marries her"
The groom is commanded to marry and live with his wife according to the law of the Torah.