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updated: November, 30 1998 18:53 |
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Welcome to my Picturepage | |
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Here you see pictures from my daughter Miryam's wedding. Are you used to this kind of wedding? If not, this is your opportunity to see new things. I apologize for the poor quality of the images. I scanned them myself and I just could not achieve a better result. With more experience, I hope to correct this. Since images take a long time to load, I've split them up into several pages for your convenience. |
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| Dancing with the bride daughter Miryam in 1997 |
Father of the bride | |
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| with granddaughter Tami at the wedding | dancing with the groom | |
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Little sweet Tami is a swell girl, but she has a problem. We all pray
for her and hope, that she may grow up as a healthy girl. (for some reason, the image (at the right) is nowhere near the real photograph) As mentioned on page #1, we dance "with the bride". Now the bride is sitting down, watching me dance with her groom, Yossi. He is a very charitable, very pious young man, studying and praying diligently. | ||
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the thrall of the moment (Miryam's wedding) |
celebrating the ceremony (Miryam's chuppah) | |
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The groom is led to the wedding canopy, accompanied by friends, singing
traditional melodies. The fathers carry lighted candles. When the bride similarly accompanied, arrives, she is led by the mothers around the groom, who is praying for success and happiness and mentioning names of friends (and sometimes strangers), who need heavenly succor, especially sick people or searching singles. As I am not occupied in this fashion, (divorced or widowed parents are exempted), I contemplate about the tradition, that deceased parents participate at their children's and grandchildren's wedding. Here I am standing, holding the goblet of wine, reciting one of the seven blessings, that confirm the ceremony. | ||
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Sooreh Leebeh is Miryam's niece and speaks only Yiddish. Her name
means: Sarah Liebe (Sweet Sarah). She lives in Jerusalem. In the background two Refoel's (my grandsons) twisting to be included. |
| This image was designed by me as an entry for the Webring Graphic Design Contest. In the background, it shows a praying rabbi (cf. "celebrating the ceremony" above) and in the foreground a set of traditional candlesticks, reminding us of the Shabbath lights. |  |
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the floor to father and son (grandson Rephael in the foreground) | ||
| The male relatives (sometimes friends also) wear traditional silk coats and, the married ones, fur-rimmed hats. Though I am "modern", my son is more traditional and wears his pants tied under the knee, with white stockings. His shoes are oldfashioned, without laces. Here father and son dance, not with the bride, but with the guests. Though generally all the guests dance, here the floor is cleared for them alone. Then, while the guests dance around the perimeter, holding hands and chanting, the father and son dance, their eyes closed, praying for divine guidance and success. | ||
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