Sheva Brachot

[2][3] Although the Sheva Brachot are recorded and recited as a harmonious unit, the blessings are actually a mosaic of Biblical origination.

It is uncertain who composed the benedictions in the form recorded in the Talmud,[4] but the blessings likely originated centuries before their inclusion in tractate Ketubot.

[5] In the seventh century, it was traditional for the blessings to be said at the groom's house, and at the house where the bride had spent the night previous to the marriage;[6] this is still the tradition among Jews in some parts of Asia, but in most regions the wedding blessings are now recited towards the end of the formal marriage ceremony,[6] under the chuppah.

[9][10] On weekdays their recitation also requires the presence of at least one person who was not present for any of the previous Sheva Brachot of the couple.

The old Yemenite Jewish custom regarding the Sheva Brachot is recorded in Rabbi Yihya Saleh's (Maharitz) Responsa.