Non-Mevushal Wine Touched by a Non-Jew During the Chuppah of a Convert

July 30th, 2024|Even HaEzer, Geirut and Geirim, Kashrut, Kiddushin and Ketubah, Marriage and Family, Non-Jews and Other Religions, Status, Yoreh De'ah|

QUESTION

Israel

I conducted a wedding ceremony for a converted bride, and the wine was not mevushal (this is rare, but it happens). I forgot that her mother is a non-Jew and continued as usual, so after the birkat eirusin, I gave the groom to drink, took back the cup, and gave it to the mother of the bride and said, “Mother, please give the dear bride to drink”.

Then, after I had already handed the cup to the mother of the