Can You Fulfill the Mitzvah of Bringing Wedding Joy Without Eating at the Meal?
If I attend a wedding but do not eat, can I still fulfill the mitzvah of rejoicing with the bride and groom?
A source-faithful discussion of whether presence, dancing, blessing and participation can constitute wedding joy even without eating the festive meal. This publication layer is based only on the canonical Hebrew mapping. It preserves the Torah framing and all review gates and does not add a practical ruling, medical conclusion, legal conclusion, or factual claim beyond the mapped source.