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Traditionally Jewish weddings are held outside with a canopy (chuppah) covering the bride (kallah) and groom (chatan). The ceremony includes two distinct rituals, the betrothal (kiddushin) and the completion of the marriage itself (ni'usin).
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Jul 24, 2009 · A cause for celebration. A Jewish wedding is one of the cornerstones of the Jewish life cycle and as with all religions, is a great cause for celebration. Although there are many laws and...
Jun 3, 2008 · "The 'chupah,' which plays such an important part in a matrimonial venture, is an unknown quantity to American-born Jews. The Jewish Ghetto in New York, however, adheres strictly to the old time Jewish wedding ceremonial and festivities.
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Genesis tells us that God recognized it is not good for man to be alone and created the first human couple, Adam and Eve. Their marriage ensured the propagation and survival of humanity, and the joy of this archetypal couple is reflected in one of the Jewish wedding blessings: Make these beloved companions as happy as were the first human couple in...
Over time Jewish marriage has evolved from a property transaction to a more spiritual commitment. In biblical times the fathers arranged marriages. Because the father of the bride would be losing a valuable household worker, he received from the grooms father a bride price, called mohar, in exchange for his daughter. The groom would also give gifts...
Until the late Middle Ages, marriage consisted of two ceremonies separated in time: the betrothal and the actual wedding. The betrothal was a legal marriage and could only be dissolved by a formal divorce, yet the woman remained in her fathers house. The betrothal constituted the actual purchase of the bride, and her later move to the grooms house,...
May 5, 2015 · But from the first, the destinies of North America's early Jews illustrate the predicaments lying at the core of the modern Jewish experience: How does one become an American and remain a Jew? How does one maintain a minority faith in a majority culture?
- Pamela S. Nadell
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This illuminating and comprehensive book by Satlow goes far to show that discussion on the subject of marriage was just as heated in antiquity among Jews, and among their Christian, Roman, and Greek neighbors, as it is today in modern American and modern Jewish society.
One of the earliest known examples of an American illuminated marriage contract, this ketubah celebrates the wedding of Meir Meyerstone and Rebekah De Meza on November 7, 1819. The two witnesses are well known in the annals of American Jewish history.
