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The berberisca dress or keswa-el-kbira (Arabic: الكسوة الكبيرة, 'the grand gown') is a traditional dress for a Moroccan Jewish woman for her wedding. Traditionally a father gifts his daughter a berberisca dress for her wedding and the first time she wears it is at the henna ceremony.
Sienna studied in Israel and interviewed Jewish immigrants from other countries including Iraq and Yemen, gathering information about traditions that had become obscure. He found that henna was traditionally used by Jews in the Middle East and Africa to commemorate life-cycle events such as birth or a new home. [4]
Jewish Wedding, Venice, 1780 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme. Prior to the ceremony, Ashkenazi Jews have a custom for the groom to cover the face of the bride (usually with a veil), and a prayer is often said for her based on the words spoken to Rebecca in Genesis 24:60. [10] The veiling ritual is known in Yiddish as badeken.
The Henna party is a special ritual that adds charm to the wedding, which traditionally lasts for seven days. During this party, the groom’s family gives the bride an expensive gift called "Sanchaq", and the bride’s hands and feet are painted with henna. Then comes the actual wedding celebration, which can vary in scale.
The groom will enter where the bride is; they will both get their henna done, and the groom will then offer the bride her mahr. Thus, the wedding is merely a dance and celebration. An important element of the henna night in both traditional and non-traditional henna parties is the dress adorned by the Palestinian women and the groom.
Kiddushin consists of 4 chapters. It has 46 mishnahs and 82 pages gemara.It is included in both Talmuds. [3]According to Sherira Gaon in his letter, the first sugya (literary unit) in the Babylonian Talmud of Kiddushin is a Saboraic or Geonic addition and was not written by Amoraim like the rest of the Talmud. [4]
French description of the Fadas ceremony (1888) In Jewish legal literature, the Zeved Habat event is cited as either taking place in the synagogue [13] during the Torah reading of the Shabbat service, when the father receives an aliya, or the ceremony may take place at the home [13] [14] in the course of a festive meal. [19]
The life cycle begins with the birth of a child, celebrated by various ceremonies. For boys, the Brit Milah (circumcision) is performed on the eighth day after birth, followed by a celebratory meal. The birth of a child is a joyous occasion, and the community often comes together to support the new parents.