Chelsea Clinton’s Jewish wedding
Thursday, August 26th, 2010It’s hard to miss the news tiffany that Chelsea Clinton and her new husband Marc Mezvinsky were wed this Saturday in Rhinebeck, and the media has also informed us that the wedding included a number of elements from a Jewish Wedding.
Yet, to date no one has explained to us what is the significance and meaning of the Jewish traditions at a Jewish Wedding. tiffanys Read on to discover what the Jewish elements at Chelsea and Marc’s wedding were and how it represents the value of marriage in Jewish life.
Huppah/Chupa- Chelsea and Marc sealed their commitment under a traditional Jewish wedding canopy, called a Huppah.This canopy is a kind of “portable roof structure” under which the Jewish tiffanny wedding ceremony takes place and it symbolizes the Jewish home that the couple will build together. According to tradition the Huppah is open on all sides, in order to symbolize the value of hospitality which was exemplified by the open tent of the Biblical couple Abraham and Sarah.Rabbi – Rabbi Jim Ponet co- officiated at the interfaith wedding.The presence of a Rabbi represents the chain of continuity of Jewish life, tradition and leadership; it represents intentionality and discounted tiffany commitment in the couple’s spiritual life.
Seven Blessings - In Jewish tradition, the couple chooses relatives, friends or mentors to recite the traditional seven blessings over a cup of wine during the wedding Huppah ceremony.These tiffanyshop blessings are beautifully poetic and replete with ancient imagery. The theme of the seven blessings of a Jewish wedding is love and joy, and the celebration of the Creation of the Universe along with the creation of man and women and their coming together in love. Click here for the text of the seven Blessings.Wine – Wine represents happiness, and both the bride and groom drink some wine to represent their joy and to seal the seven blessings. tiffany shop Wine has a quality that can bring out the best or the worst of a person, and it represents the Jewish value of celebrating life and partaking of its finer qualities, while rejecting the less refined qualities.
Wine glass – As of time of publishing, we do not know whether a glass was broken under Chelsea and Marc’s Huppah, however according to Jewish tradition, at the end of the Huppah Ceremony tiffany ringe the groom stamps on and shatters a glass cup, in order to symbolize that at the most joyous moment in our life, we remember the shattering and destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.Talit – Marc adorned himself if the traditional Jewish prayer shawl called a Talit at the Jewish wedding ceremony. The prayer shawl has woven fringes which are based upon the Biblical commandment to wear a four cornered garment with woven fringes (called tzitzit in Hebrew).
The prayer shawl and tiffany charms tzitzit are meant to serve as physical reminders that God is all around us, and according to Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof it is a tradition which represents our constant devotion to God”.