Complex sentence: In Jewish marriages there are two stages-betrothal ("erusin ") and establishing the full marriage ("nissuin"); historically there was a year between the two events, but in modern marriages, the two are combined as a single wedding ceremony.
Split into simpler sentences: In Jewish marriages there are two stages: betrothal ("erusin ") and establishing the full marriage ("nissuin"). Historically there was a year between the two events, but in modern marriages, the two are combined as a single wedding ceremony.