Show I 1 A jelas MARRIAGE once A I 1 meals in an article on dewain jews in eng ng ald thus describes the cere marriage ceremony rady mady moty rayy I 1 due notice having been div given n at the syn syu 1611 agogun the minister on the sabe babe sabbath bath eve preceding the day fixed for fur the marriage claunts some borne sentences referring to the approaching event vents venti ana the next day the I 1 intended n te 33 d e d bridegroom has to appear in the synagogue 1 and have certain portions if ef the lapread over to him and ray tay any arrears he may owe owa to the congregation I 1 the way in which the parties spend the i morning mori morr jing iu ill their respective dwellings on the wedding day resembles I 1 suppose the manner in which itis employed by b on similar occasions those who rightly realize itlie the awful nature of the caremon ceremony y th they ea are about to perform spend the hours bours in tasting fasting and reading 7 the service berdice prepared for the day 11 of atonements atone ments eli ell t As soon boon as the clock a strikes t kes the appointed hour hours two men present themselves before the bridegroom and carry him off to the synagogue where when be he meets the brio two female friends hae haie brou brought rbt there with her head bead enveloped in a veil trie barno sarno p esons p ace the two principal perform performers era fa cing eing each eath other under a silk or velvet canopy supported by four long poles the a kind of curate and clerk combined b brings rings J a glass of wine which he be hai hal hanels da to the rabbi who 0 thereupon offers up a shot blessing and aria th ahrn n elves gives the glass orwine of wine to the bridegroom who tastes it and passes it to the bride who does like ilke ose use the bridegroom then takes the ring from hib bis and places it on the tee finger of the bride saying after the rabbi in the toe hebrew hebrews 1 as he does so behold thou art betrothed unto me with this thia ring ling according to the rites of alises and israel the rabbi then reads the marriage contract which is written in chaldee and is not understood by the part ea concerned who thereupon take it on trust after this the chazan takes a glass of wine and pronounces a form of words longer but similar to that pronounced by we th e rabbi nabbi the wine ia is given to the bridegroom and b ider ides ide and an empty glass having been beell placed at the toe feet of the former he be stamps upon if it and breaks it wh reubon all present wish him mazal mazat low good speed and aud tho the ceremony is at an end it the newly married jew bag baa a sense of his religious reli rell giom ious ioui duties one of his fi ti et at pro ce edings on or taking possession of his bis d dom m icile ia is to prepare a mezuzah most gentil gentiles es who pass through the streets in the neighborhood C 0 of f 11 nil nii probably have rc marked here and there a tin tube nailed in a a 3 blant slant a n n ng position W lon ion on the door doorpost post poat ost I 1 which they presumed u m to 0 be a trade emblem emblem this tube c contains i 1 a trip strip of parchment on one side of which is in one of the nam bianes ea applied to the supreme leing and on the other obber from the ath to the ath verses i f the ath chapter of debter Denter deuteronomy onomy and from the to the verses of the oth gib chapter of the same book A similar tube is fastened to the jambs cambs of th the 0 other do rs ra in the house and the jew jev who is a strict observer of the old customs of his forefathers never leaves his house for the first time daily without touching the he mezuzah with his bis lips or bending his bis h ha ad d to it as as hg he passes from room to room the jew being now provided pro videl with a wife vire the next thing to be done is to describe the manner in which he may dispose of the eve evert P t of her failing to abord him that happi happl n as 85 which bich he anticipated to accomplish this object it is g sup bup supposed posed the aid of sir cresswell cres Cies cresswell swell is not need d the husband cannot now write a bill of divorce and send her away buton but on assigning reasons for desiring a divorce which whichard age afe ago deemed of sufficient g amity this ceremony is performed for him by the or ecclesiastical auth aties ea the bill of divorce is written in hebrew and is coped from a form and its possession by the wife wre makes her free to marry again with whom she pleases unless the di dt vorce is brought about through her havin having been beeh guilty of a breach f the seventh S commandment man dment in which case she ia is not allowed to benefit benefic by her own wrong 9 or in other words she ehe may not marry the or of her guilt in certain couri couii countries counti bles bies ies les a divorce is 3 betimes given conditi nally that is supposing a husband is about to for a place from which there is a strong g probability he may not return he may give his wife a bill of divorce stating staling tha it if at the end of three years he be shall not return to her tier or send for her to join him she ia Is free to marry again but this cu custom has been abolished in england |