“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.”
When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army, nor shall he be charged with any public duty; he shall be free at home for one year, to be happy with the wife whom he has married — the newlywed exemption (called the 'yichud' or union period) prioritizes marital bonding over military conscription. The phrase 'to be happy' (l'samach) implies not leisure but the sacred work of establishing covenant intimacy.
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