Ancient Jewish Weddings

Ancient Jewish Weddings. Men though could have multiple wives and concubines and were allowed to go to prostitutes thus monogamy was a. Note for writings below.

A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. In the ancient Jewish wedding when the father saw that the time had come for his son to go and get his bride at the least expected moment of a night a trumpet would sound the bridegroom would see in the distance where his bride was waiting for him holding her burning oil lamp. When He comes in the clouds to take us away with Him He will not come as a carpenter nor as a rabbi teacher shepherd nor even a high priest.

This dowry was called the mohar.

The legal codes of the Torah provided for marriage and divorce and required the marriage bond as a prerequisite for sexual relations. The Jewish Order of the Wedding Ceremony Guide consists of seven parts the first of which is the signing of the Ketubah. Presents for the bride. Afterwards the parents of the bride and her mother leave.