Understanding marriage ceremony’s customs reveals hidden meanings
Years ago, long before I was ordained, I asked my friend Rabbi Larry Goldmark where he saw God.
Years ago, long before I was ordained, I asked my friend Rabbi Larry Goldmark where he saw God.
In every tribe and culture, a wedding is cause for a celebration.
In 2012, Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, senior rabbi at Temple Beth Am, married two Orthodox Jews.
Yehoshua Lowy, a former cocaine and heroin user, said he weighed 127 pounds and had track marks up and down his arms when he entered the Los Angeles-based Chabad Residential Treatment Center in 2010.
Many a bride has gone to great lengths to preserve her wedding dress in pristine condition. But others go the extra mile to destroy it the best they can.
I got married this past summer. The wedding ceremony was beautiful, heartfelt and touching. The reception featured delicious food, great music, dancing and celebrating. The day reflected our personal style and tastes perfectly.
One type of wine glass is intentionally, and dramatically, broken during a Jewish wedding.