
Holding a wedding in a synagogue
Verses in Tanach
Talmud / Midrash and commentaries
Post Talmud / Midrash, Pre-Rishonim
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Rishonim [Pre-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Sefer Maharil: Minhagim Hilchot Nisuin, Siman 2
Tur, Shulchan Aruch ["Code of Jewish Law"] and Commentaries
Even haEzer 61:1
Yoreh Deah 391:3
Beit Shemuel 30:9
Beiur haGRA Even haEzer 55:9 (end)
Pitchei Teshuvah Even haEzer 61:12
Acharonim [Post-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Shut Bach 119 [incidental to his statement, he says they held the Chuppah after the people had gathered in the synagogue]
Chatam Sofer 3: Even haEzer 98
Meishiv Davar 2:51 [toward the end]
Sedei Chemed Maarechet Chatan veKallah veChuppah (Vol. 7 in the standard edition), Siman 1
Yehudah Yaaleh 1:Orach Chaim 38
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