What is this breaking glass thing all about? Sure it’s fun to break things, but that’s not the only reason that we break the glass at Jewish weddings! There are many different interpretations of this tradition, so we’ve collected three. ...
Marriage is acovenant, which in Judaism is made by breaking or cutting something. AtSinai, tablets were broken; at a wedding, broken glass “cuts” the covenant. Breaking the glass also has sexual connotations, as it prefigures the release of sexual union, which is not only permitted to ma...
wedding tradition for the mother of the Chattan and the Kallah to break a plate by the Kabbalat Panim. The reason for this Jewish marriage custom is to show the seriousness of the commitment. Just like a broken plate can't be fully repaired, - a broken relationship can't be fully ...
For this video, we asked the Jewish community for their advice on what type of glass to smash at a wedding and even how to smash it. So, we took some of their advice and actually smashed a bunch of different items, a bunch of different ways.
The breaking of a glass takes place at the end of the Jewish Wedding ceremony. The groom stomps on a glass to crush it and the guests shout, Mazel Tov! Congratulations! Our wedding pillow is used during the ceremony to hold the glass while the groom steps on it. After the ceremony, ...
Breaking the Glass: New Tendencies in the Ritual Practice of Modern Jewish Orthodox and Alternative WeddingsIntroduction Breaking the glass became one of the pivotal features of a Jewish wedding...Prashizky, AnaInstitute for Community Studies at Bar Ilan UniversitySociological Papers...
The nextwedding tradition before the ceremony is called Bedken.During Bedken the groom approaches the bride and places a veil over her bride symbolizing modesty as well as his commitment to clothe and protect his wife. Bedken also signifies that the love of the groom for his bride is for ...
Jewish tradition held that the bride and groom needed time with the community to help start their marriage out on the right foot. For the seven days following the wedding, the bride and groom were treated like a queen and king, and were invited to dine at the home of a different friend...
Peter Yarrow’s death has us saying goodbye, but his legacy is complicated. We’ve been engaged in the conversation regarding him and his song, Light One Candle, which is the Hanukkah song embraced by many Jews as a profoundly emotional iconic expression of our tradition. At about the same...
It is our fervent hope that this will enhance your knowledge and add to your appreciation of the traditional Chassidic wedding. The Talmud teaches that, originally man and woman were created as a single being. According to tradition, Adam and Eve were created on the sixth day of creation as...