Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 2/5/Translation

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A groom is exempt from reciting Shema on the first night, until Saturday night
if he has not done the deed.
A story about Rabban Gamliel
who recited [Shema] on the first night that he got married.
His students said to him:
Didn't you teach us, our teacher, that a groom is exempt from reciting Shema on the first night?
He said to them:
I will not listen to you, to remove the kingdom of heaven from me for even one hour.