5: Jewish Wedding Breaking Glass

The jewish wedding ceremony ends with a famous bang. Today some couples break the glass together or break two glasses.

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Jewish wedding breaking glass. This was indeed a significant event in jewish history but it doesnt seem to have any relevance to me. In the past few years the practice of shouting mazal tov after they break the glass has elicited some controversy. Its meant to be a moment of remembrance for the destruction of the jewish temples.

This is part 7 of the 9 part jewish wedding traditions explained series. Easily find a breaking glass to celebrate with under the chuppah. Hold onto the pieces for a beautiful keepsake.

Breaking the glass jewish wedding traditions explained 7. This is it the time has come. A jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows jewish laws and traditions.

All imagery by blake ezra photography. Progressive or traditional religious or secular jewish weddings almost always include a breaking of glass at the end of the ceremony. Tallit for the ceremony.

We conclude this ceremony with the breaking of the glass. Breaking the glass a sure sign of a jewish wedding. In jewish tradition the breaking of the glass at a wedding is a symbolic prayer and hope that your love for one another will remain until the pieces of the glass come together again or in other words that your love will last forever.

Breaking of the glass 11. Bimbam formerly g dcast is a new media studio making jewish videos apps and animated series that are joyful empowering introductions to jewish ideas and life for kids adults. The glass also has several symbolic meanings associated with the wedding.

With so much preparation carried out for this very moment the ring placed upon the finger every guest in the room. Today the couple often share the honorpleasure smashing one or two napkin wrapped glasses. We break a glass to be reminded that we lost the holy temple in jerusalem.

While wedding ceremonies vary common features of a jewish wedding include a ketubah marriage contract which is signed by two witnesses a wedding canopy chuppah or huppah a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy and the breaking of a glass. Traditionally the groom did the deed. I understand that the reason i will be breaking a glass with my foot at the end of the wedding ceremony is to commemorate the destruction of the temple in jerusalem some 2000 years ago.

Few jewish symbols have a single. During a jewish marriage ceremony the couple crushes a glass. Breaking a glass at a jewish wedding is not signifying a happy event.

It is a reminder that no matter how happy we are. Stomping on a glass is one of the best known features of jewish weddings. Traditionally the man alone broke the glass.

Wedding breaking glass keepsakes.