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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.
Other customs include having each person attending the ceremony snip off a lock of hair and encourage the child to put a penny in a tzedakah box for each lock as it is cut. Sometimes, they sing a Hebrew song based on the Biblical verse Deuteronomy 33:4 : "When Moses charged us with the Teaching / As the heritage of the congregation of Jacob ."
Kiddush levana, also known as Birkat halevana, [a] is a Jewish ritual and prayer service, generally observed on the first or second Saturday night of each Hebrew month.The service includes a blessing to God for the appearance of the new moon, readings from Scripture and the Talmud, and other liturgy depending on custom.
Jewish Moroccan henna, or “Hina,” wedding traditions showcase a beautiful ceremony in which the bride’s mother or grandmother paints a circular design on the hands of both the bride and ...
An elderly Bengali man in Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna. Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree. [1] It has been used since at least the ancient Egyptian period as a hair and body dye, notably in the temporary body art of mehndi (or "henna tattoo") resulting from the staining of the skin using dyes from the henna plant.
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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.
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.