In a Jewish wedding it serves as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem
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The Jewish Wedding and Breaking the Glass  The breaking of the glass is highly associated with the Jewish Wedding ceremony. ... of the glass is a reminder of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. This act serves as an expression of sadness at the destruction of the Temple in...
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1: The Breaking of the Glass - 10 Wedding Traditions With ...  The conclusion of a Jewish wedding, with its layers of symbolic practices, often ... of the glass serves as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem,...
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Pinchas (5773) | "Wedding Smashers" - Torch: Torah Weekly  This three-week period is a time of national mourning for the Jewish people, ... we remind ourselves of the destruction of the Holy Temple and our Jewish homeland. ... so as to serve as a reminder that so long as G-d's home, the Holy Temple in ... as a reminder that even on his wedding day he must place Jerusalem above...
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Breaking the Glass - InterfaithFamily  An explanation of the ritual of breaking the glass at a Jewish or interfaith ... "If you are having a Jewish wedding, you probably have to break a glass. ... Some see it as a reminder of the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem. ... The breaking of the glass also serves as a reminder of the destruction of the Second Temple...
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The Breaking of the Glass - Marriage - Chabad.org  The end of the public wedding ceremony is marked by the breaking of a glass, usually a ... It is a memory of Zion that stands as a reminder that in life great joy can be ... to rebuild the Temple in their own lives by building their own Jewish home, ... How unfortunate it is, therefore, that the phrase of Jerusalem's destruction is...
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Guide to the Jewish Wedding: Ceremony, Traditions, Chuppah ...  Jun 30, 2001 ... A traditional Jewish wedding is full of meaningful rituals, symbolizing the ... Jewish tradition likens the couple to a queen and king. ... The wedding ceremony takes place under the chuppah (canopy), a symbol of the home ... Marriage, called Kiddushin, is the sanctification of a man and woman to each other.
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Passover Seder plate - Wikipedia  Maror  a bitter herb, symbolizing the bitterness and harshness of the slavery the Hebrews endured in Egypt. In Ashkenazi tradition, either horseradish or...
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Sodom and Gomorrah: The Unspoken Bible  The angels told Lot to take his family and leave the city the next morning ... The angels warned not to look back or they will be destroyed. When the sun rose, Lot, his wife and daughters were safe in the small city of Zoar in the valley. ... in the valley were being destroyed, Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
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YESHIVAT HAR ETZION ISRAEL KOSCHITZKY VIRTUAL BEIT ...  (Shabbat 21b) Why do I think this is a strange reason for a Jewish holiday? ... the lighting the menora of the Temple itself, but has only enabled that event to be ... "al ha-nissim," is added to the section of the prayer where we thank God for His gifts. ... on these holidays, we are celebrating the inner spiritual meaning of Jewish...
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Breaking the Glass - InterfaithFamily  An explanation of the ritual of breaking the glass at a Jewish or interfaith wedding. ... As Judith Seid says in God-Optional Judaism, "If you are having a Jewish ... Some see it as a reminder of the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem. Others ... For the bride and the groom, the shattering of this glass also symbolizes the...
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Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem - Bible Odyssey  Rembrandt van Rijn, Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, 1630. ... His parents, both devout Christians, influenced his ability to portray biblical ... of a lonely prophet rejected by his people echo down the centuries in paintings,...
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Yom Kippur - Wikipedia  Yom Kippur also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jewish people...
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Second Temple - Wikipedia  The Second Temple was an important Jewish Holy Temple which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, between 516 BCE and 70 CE. .... When the Second Temple in Jerusalem was looted and its religious services stopped, ... The Romans besieged and took the city in 63 BCE.
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Jewish Holy Days - Rossel  Instead, the Jewish calendar is made up of moon cycles, each month beginning ... important Jewish festival, outstripping even Passover and the High Holy Days. ... The concluding lines of Deuteronomy (the last book of the Torah) are recited, ... For many Hebrew words like Hanukkah there is no absolute transliteration into...
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Some of our most valued & cherished wedding traditions & their ...  May 30, 2015 ... A bride is traditionally carried over the threshold either to symbolise her ... because evil spirits hovered over the threshold of a houseso she was lifted over ... hand because ancient Egyptians believed the vein in that hand (which the ... a part of wedding celebrations since Roman times, when a small bun,...
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2 - The Jewish Chronicle  Jul 14, 2016 ... And then I wonder how I would ever know. ... the words of the Jewish people as they witnessed the splitting of the ... to come tomorrow...or maybe the day after tomorrow" and that it's up to ... And I couldn't make myself feel what I didn't feel. ..... Being a rabbi is what you make of it, but I can only imagine G-d is...
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The Temple Destroyed, 70 A.D. - Bible Research  Jesus prophesied both the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem; ... 'I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be ... All these are the beginning of birth pains" (Matt.24:4-8 NIV). ... There were two occasions on which Jesus foretold the destruction of Jerusalem that would occur in 70 A.D..
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Kol Nidrei - Yom Kippur Eve - High Holidays - Chabad.org  Kol Nidrei, the prayer which ushers in the holy day of Yom Kippur, is perhaps ... (or Kol Nidre) "annulment of vows" recited at sundown of Yom Kippur eve. ... vows and other sorts of verbal commitments commonly made in the course of the year. ... A sense of personal responsibility to God is what keeps me connected when...
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Tisha B'Av - Wikipedia  Note: Due to a two-year difference within the Hebrew calendar, the years in which the First and Second Temple were destroyed have been disputed. Though it...
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- Rosh Hashanah - Awakening to Judgment  a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. ... "the head of the year") is celebrated as Jewish New Years Day. The holiday is observed on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Tishri (i.e., the seventh "new ... Rosh Hashanah is also known as Yom Teru'ah ( ), the "Feast of Trumpets" (the...
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The Babylonian Captivity - Jewish Encyclopedia - Bible History Online  As the city, partly because of its inaccessible position, and partly because of its ... that the Temple, the royal palace, and all dwellings in the city of Jerusalem be set on ... As regards the number of Jews deported by Nebuchadnezzar, there are two ... 3,023 Jews were deported in 597 B.C., 832 inhabitants of Jerusalem in 586,...