UK Wedding News
22/05/2013
The ceremony between 18-year-old Salon Rokeach and 19-year-old Hannah Batya Penet was held on Tuesday the Daily Mail has said.
Mr Rokeach is the eldest and only male grandchild of the Belz Rebbe, who leads one of the largest Hasidic communities in the world. Rokeach, being the only male, is assumed to be the Rebbe's future heir.
Belz Rebbe is an ancient Polish-Jewish dynasty which was founded in the 14th Century. The marriage of one of its descendants, who is considered aristocracy among Orthodox Jews, is a big occasion and all members of the sect from all over the world are invited.
The ceremony saw thousands of attend the celebration, which lasted until dawn, with a number of streets in Jerusalem being shut down due to the size of the event.
Traditional Jewish weddings consist of two separate parts, the betrothal ceremony, known as erusin or kiddushin, and the actual wedding ceremony, known as nisuin. The first sees the groom give a wedding ring to the bride, and during this part of the service, the bride is prohibited from talking to all other men.
The wedding ceremony then takes place in a large tent known as a chuppah so the groom and his veiled bride can be married under the sky. The bride's wedding veil is designed to hide her face and protect the bride's modesty by allowing her to avoid guests' gazes while she stands under the wedding canopy.
Following the ceremony, the bride and groom spend an hour together before the bride re-enters the chuppah and, after gaining her permission, the groom joins her. The couple are then blessed over a cup of wine at the conclusion of the ceremony.
After the wedding ceremony, the bride took part in the Mitzvah tantz ritual - where members of the family and honoured rabbis danced in front of her and then with the groom, before the wedding party had a traditional meal.
The wedding was so large that a number of guests had to use binoculars to catch a glimpse of the ceremony.
The largest Hasidic communities are found in Israel and the United States, but there are also smaller groups in Canada, England, Belgium and Australia.
(JP/CD)
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25,000 Jews Attend Wedding Ceremony
More than 25,000 Ultra Orthadox Jews have attended a traditional wedding ceremony of one of the world's most important Jewish families.The ceremony between 18-year-old Salon Rokeach and 19-year-old Hannah Batya Penet was held on Tuesday the Daily Mail has said.
Mr Rokeach is the eldest and only male grandchild of the Belz Rebbe, who leads one of the largest Hasidic communities in the world. Rokeach, being the only male, is assumed to be the Rebbe's future heir.
Belz Rebbe is an ancient Polish-Jewish dynasty which was founded in the 14th Century. The marriage of one of its descendants, who is considered aristocracy among Orthodox Jews, is a big occasion and all members of the sect from all over the world are invited.
The ceremony saw thousands of attend the celebration, which lasted until dawn, with a number of streets in Jerusalem being shut down due to the size of the event.
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Traditional Jewish weddings consist of two separate parts, the betrothal ceremony, known as erusin or kiddushin, and the actual wedding ceremony, known as nisuin. The first sees the groom give a wedding ring to the bride, and during this part of the service, the bride is prohibited from talking to all other men.
The wedding ceremony then takes place in a large tent known as a chuppah so the groom and his veiled bride can be married under the sky. The bride's wedding veil is designed to hide her face and protect the bride's modesty by allowing her to avoid guests' gazes while she stands under the wedding canopy.
Following the ceremony, the bride and groom spend an hour together before the bride re-enters the chuppah and, after gaining her permission, the groom joins her. The couple are then blessed over a cup of wine at the conclusion of the ceremony.
After the wedding ceremony, the bride took part in the Mitzvah tantz ritual - where members of the family and honoured rabbis danced in front of her and then with the groom, before the wedding party had a traditional meal.
The wedding was so large that a number of guests had to use binoculars to catch a glimpse of the ceremony.
The largest Hasidic communities are found in Israel and the United States, but there are also smaller groups in Canada, England, Belgium and Australia.
(JP/CD)
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