Jewish Wedding Ceremony Traditions

Jewish Wedding Ceremony Traditions. First came the betrothal erusin. In ancient times something of value often was a coin but today it usually is a ring.

In the Jewish tradition both of the grooms parents walk him down the aisle to the chuppah the altar beneath which the couple exchanges vows. The chossons reception is also called the Tisch Yiddish for table. As the officiant delivers the message above the best man will wrap the glass in white cloth and place it on the floor before the couple.

Bedecken which means checking to be certain is a Jewish wedding tradition that involves the groom putting a wedding veil on the bride shortly before the ceremony.

On the cosmic level our sages teach that each marriage. Threads carried from one generation to the next forming a chain of Jewish continuity which goes back more than 3800 years. Sepharic Rabbis usually wrap the couple in a talis symbolizing their becoming one. She could not belong to another man unless.