An hour an a half drive we arrive at a kibutz in Jerusalem. We had about 20 minutes to snack before the ceremony. There were two stations. One side had some sort of Arab pizza; a pita with herbs on top, hummus, a bunch of middle eastern and Moroccan food. The other side had more of an Asian influence. Scott went for the eggroll looking dish. I had a plate full of Middle Eastern food. He claims he didn't know there were two stations with different dishes. My thought, why would an orthodox Jewish wedding serve Asian food only?
Onto the ceremony. All in all the ceremony itself was festive and jovial. The groom walked into the room with all his family and friends surrounding him in a circle with singing and dancing. Both fathers, bride and groom's, were on each side of him and what looked like presenting him to the bride. The bride was sitting down in a chair with a candle waiting for the groom. Once presented there was lots of singing, dancing, clapping, and happiness all around. At the end of the ceremony under the hoopa, a contract was presented. The contract states if the groom decides to leave the marriage he has to pay X amt of money to the bride. I wonder what sort of price Effie put on his daughter.
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| Groom walking along side father and father in-law. Family and friends behind and around. |
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| Bride waiting for groom while being surrounded by female family and friends. |
The reception was segregated for the bride and groom. There was a wall which separated the men and women dancing and singing. I decided to be festive and join in the woman's circle. Just to learn it was all single women dancing. No wonder I was holding hands with a 14 and 10 year old.
Wow that must be very cool. Not sure if you ever saw the Israeli movie "Late Marriage." Yeah Scott, why would they only have asian food...duh.
ReplyDeleteKristine