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The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a famous rabbi. Thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the the newlyweds. Orthodox Jews, who are known to be ...
Judaism. Haredi Judaism ( Hebrew: יהדות חֲרֵדִית, romanized : Yahadut Ḥaredit, IPA: [ħaʁeˈdi]) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted halakha (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating or modern values and practices.
Jewish wedding. A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ketubah (marriage contract) that is signed by two witnesses, a chuppah or huppah (wedding canopy), a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy, and ...
Mitzvah tantz (lit. " mitzvah -dance" in Yiddish) is the Hasidic custom of the men dancing before the bride on the wedding night, after the wedding feast. Commonly, the bride, who usually stands perfectly still at one end of the room, will hold one end of a long sash or a gartel while the one dancing before her holds the other end. [1]
The man on the left is wearing a shtreimel and a tallit, and the other man traditional Hasidic garb: long suit, black hat, and gartel. Jewish religious clothing is apparel worn by Jews in connection with the practice of the Jewish religion. Jewish religious clothing has changed over time while maintaining the influences of biblical commandments ...
Gender separation in Judaism. In Judaism, especially in Orthodox Judaism, there are a number of settings in which men and women are kept separate in order to conform with various elements of halakha and to prevent men and women from mingling. Other streams of Judaism rarely separate genders any more than secular western society.
“The Jewish people survived persecutions, pogroms and wars only thanks to the preservation of their uniqueness – the Torah and the mitzvot,” the head of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party ...
The " Haredi burqa sect " ( Hebrew: נשות השָאלִים Neshót haShalím, lit. 'shawl-wearing women') is a community of Haredi Jews that ordains the full covering of a woman's entire body and face, including her eyes, for the preservation of modesty ( tzniut) in public. In effect, the community asserts that a Jewish woman must not expose ...