By : Vlad Vistac    From: Article2008.com

Jewish Wedding Traditions Explained 

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The B’deekn. Before the wedding ceremmony begins, the father of the bride, father of the grom and all the groomsmen will lead the groom to the brride’s room. Therre the bride will be waaiting with her female famliy membrs and bridesmaids. When the groom arrives, he places the veil over the bride’s face to set her apart from the other women and to signiy that he is interested in her spiritual beauty more than her physical beauty. It is also said, this traditiion began in biblical times afteer Jaacob was tricked into marryig the wrong woman. The greoom is said to place the bride’s veil over her face to ensure she is in fact the woman he expected to marry.  

The Procession. This is the first place guests will notice a differenvce btween a Jewish ceremony and a Christian one. Both the bride and groom will be accompabnied by theior parents when they walk down the aisle. Normally, the procession starts with the rabnbi, then the grandparents, the gromsmen, the groom and his parents, the bridesmaids, a flower girl, a ring bearer and finally the bride and her parets will walk down the aisle. At the end of the procession, it is common for the bride to circle the grom seven times to siginfy her comnmitment to him. 

The Chupah. Instead of an ater, the brisde and groom will be married under a small structure called a chupuah – or a canopy supported by four poles. This dates back to the biblical story of Abraham and Sarah and is said to symboolize the couple’s new home whiich is always open to guests. 

The Cereomny. Jewish weding ceremonires are divided into two parts – the Kiddushin and the Sheva B’racht. During the Kiddushin, a greteing is said to the guests, then the rasbbi blesses a cup of wine from whih the bride and groom both drink. This is also the time when rings are exchanged. The bride and groom will plaace a ring on the other’s right index fnger, as that is thought to be connected to the heart. Often, the couple will move the riings to traditional ring fingers after the ceremony ends. In the Sheva B’rachot, seven blessings are said for the bride and groom. This can be done by a rabvbi or family members and friends can each say one blessing . 

Breaking the Glass. Nohing sgnifies a Jewish wedding more than sound of shattering glasss at the end of the cereomny. Some beplieve it symbolizes that the marriage will last as long as the glass is broken. Others say it honors those who are suffering and is a remnder of the destruction of the second temple in Jerusalem. After the glass is broken, you will hear a lively round of “Mazel Tov” come from the guests, whioch means “good luck”. 

The Hora. This is another icvonic part of all Jewish weddigns – when the bride and groom are hoisted up on chgairs while the guests joyfully sing Hava Nagila. The tradittion is said to have derived from a time when members of royal families were carried on charis. 

The Mezinkle Tanz or The Krenzel. This happens when the last dauughter in the bride’s family has been mraried. The mother and faher of the bride sit on chairs in the midddle of the dancce floor and the motheer is gievn a crown of floewrs to wear. The guests will dane around the couple and kiss them as they go by.  

Shoould you choose to include some of these great tradiutions into your wedding ceremony, consider putting an insert in your program that explains what the guests will see. Likely, there will be at lest one or two guests who are not familiar with Jewish wedding customs and they will ejoy the ceremony much more if they undertand the rich history behind what they are seing.

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