Our ORTHODOX JEWISH WEDDING | Sephardi Jewish Wedding l Orthodox Jewish Mom (Jar of Fireflies)
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- Its my Orthodox Jewish wedding story! In this video I tel you the story of my Sephardi Orthodox Jewish wedding including the story of my wedding dress, meeting my Moroccan Israeli family, our henna party, my trip to the mikvah, and the wedding day. I include lots of pictures of Sephardi Orthodox Jewish wedding day.
Hello and welcome! My name is Chana, I’m married to my best friend, and we have three wonderful children together. We also happen to be Orthodox Jews and we homeschool our kids. This video is a sneak peek into our daily lives :) You can see how this particular Jewish homeschool mom sets up her days, rolls with the punches, and gets it all done. Thanks for watching!
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I’d love to hear what you think! Was there anything that surprised you?
I hadn’t realized that you are Sephardi!
@@khazermashkes2316 oh yes! I’m Sephardi 😊
Why didnt your mother and sister not walk with to your future hubby...is it because they are not Jewish?
Love your wedding story. So special! You looked so beautiful. Love what your mother in law did to the dress. Amazing work. Thank you for sharing your story.
Super interesting video. Loved the pictures. Big smiles all round 😀
The way he looks at you! Like his entire world is in your eyes.
Aw thank you :)
that's true hhhhhhh
Everything was beautiful❤. May I ask what is the background music in your videos? Love it.
You’ve become a very intimate part of my morning. Just you and me and several thousand of your TH-cam family. My husband passed away 11 years ago past August, so sharing your family with me means a lot especially when I’m feeling alone. Please know you’re so much more than entertainment, you’re a joyful bundle of goodness.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment Marta! This means so much to me 💜💜💜 I am so glad that you’re here 💜
@@jaroffireflies me too. I needed company and you got the bill perfectly
@@MsMarta57 I’m so very glad to hear that thank you so much 💜💜💜
I totally agree! Chana feels like a friend and is so good for my soul. Chana- you inspire me to be the best version of myself! ❤
You looked so beautiful. Your husbands’ happiness shows in his eyes. I was awestuck by seeing what your mother-in-law made from the 10 yr old used halter topped wedding gown. She is a very talented Renaissance Woman - your gown is the most beautiful modest style gown i have ever seen. There are several religions that prefer modest gowns and they could use yours as a gorgeous design. I also noticed your mil’s dress ( at least i think that was her feeding you wine) that aqua gown was also stunning. When my family (10 siblings) have had weddings its very similar in everyone contributing-“ many hands make light work” (and delicious food) So glad you shared such a joyous occasion with us.
My mother in law made my dress as well as her own and each of my sisters in law’s dresses! She’s an amazing seamstress
It is a very Christian wedding gown. It was Queen Victoria who set the fashion for white wedding dresses. Seems incongruous at a Jewish Orthodox wedding.
10 October 2023 Tuesday . I am praying for you and your Husband and Family . And everyone .🙏💗💙
Thinking about you and your Family . ❤
Are ALL Orthodox Jewish women so beautiful? I mean, your beauty comes through your words, actions, the way you present everything.
This was so lovely! My partner is Ashkenazi and I am converting through the Conservative movement, but am half-Syrian so when we do get married I want to incorporate some Sephardi and Mizrahi traditions into our ceremony and reception. I loved seeing the kaftan your MIL sewed!
So fun! Good luck on your journey and all your exciting upcoming life events!
Conservative Judaism is fake Judaism
Dont be an ashkephard
Conservative are not Jews
I love you and your family! I am a 77 year old grandma from Oklahoma, USA. I most usually watch you on my TV. You have a beautiful smile and such pretty eyes! No wonder your husband fell for you! And he is also sooo handsome! 😊 May God continue to bless your lovely family!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re here!!!
Your MIL did a fabulous job on your dress, it is absolutely beautiful as were you and your husband.....you still are.......loved hearing the different traditions for your wedding. Sounds wonderfully exhausting! All in a good way. Thank you for sharing. Cheers from Canada....
Thank you Gayle! I’m so glad you enjoyed and thanks for your kind words :)
i agree, that dress is fantastic!
Chana, you looked stunning ❤️
@@mayfleur36 thank you 😊
I've had my henna done many times in Texas, but I live close to Irving. :) So it's easy to find. What I don't have is a marriage mindset after my divorce and a succession of attacks on my life that made me learn six different world metaphysicsics on extreme veganism.
Chana, you were a beautiful bride. You're so correct, your mother-in-law is amazing! I love the outtakes at the end of your videos, they're so funny! Thank you for sharing your beautiful day with us!
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️
What a lovely bride you were! Many brides today do not see the simply beauty in a modest wedding dress. My son was married in the Phillipeans to a wonderful girl there. My daughter in law honored my request for a modest wedding dress. Needless to say I believe (as my son does) she is worth more than rubies!
It sounds like you have a wonderful son and daughter-in-law:)
My three year old son watched this video with me, and when he saw the first picture of you with your veil he said, "She's an ice princess!" Then he saw a picture of you and your husband and said, "Oh.... they are getting married. Are they getting married?" So cute!! Absolutely beautiful photos. It is so fun to look back on a wedding day. ❤ My husband and I are celebrating 16 years this November. I will have to pull out my wedding photos. 😊
Oh my gosh that’s just the cutest! So adorable! Thanks for sharing 💜
I have always loved wedding dresses with long sleeves! And yes to small weddings, marriages and funerals are huge events here in Ireland with hundreds of people typically attending but I find them overwhelming as an introvert.
Yes!!! I’m a fellow introvert and it’s a LOT. Weddings are typically huge here for us Jews.
As an introvert, large groups of people, or anything, gets me anxious too. Prayers for extroverts learn to understand about people like us.
How amazing that your Mother-in-law recreated your wedding dress and she did a beautiful job!
Thank you! She is a woman of many talents
What a lovely bride! And I can't help but notice ten years after your wedding day, you are still glowing with love, it's all over your face and in your happy eyes! So very nice to see!
Aw thank you so much Debra!
This is one of the most beautiful, sacred marriage union celebrations I've ever seen! Just radiates such JOY! TY for uploading this.
Thank you so much and you are so welcome!
Chana, this video made me so emotional. It was the happiness on your faces and the sense of community which reminded me of home. I’m from India but live elsewhere now. Back in the old days, weddings used to be like this where the entire community would come together to help celebrate the occasion. Also, it is so interesting to see similarities in different traditions. Such as the henna ceremony, it is such an Indian thing as many Hindu communities (not all) do that as well. The tradition of the bride circling 7 times that you mentioned sounds so much like how Hindus do 7 circles (both bride and groom) around the fire to pledge their allegiance to each other. And not to mention your MIL sewing skills, I could not tell that the dress you wore was a halter neck!! Thank you for this beautiful video Chana and I hope you keep smiling and spreading joy always. 🙃☺️
Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed ❤️ Thank you for your kind words and your sweet comment
I think it’s amazing how close knit Jewish families are and how your in laws did all the catering and your MIL made your dress modest and made the other lovely outfit (don’t know how to spell it 😂) I think people could learn a lot from your way of life! It’s so true when people say it takes a village I would feel so blessed to be able to raise my kids in such a tight knit community full of like minded people, hopefully one day🙏🏼❤️
Thank you os much :) Community is one of my favorite parts of Judaism!
This perhaps the third or fourth time I have watched this because you shared your day so beautifully. Thank you, Chana. Beautiful bride/Handsome groom. Delightful traditions.
Thank you ❤️
You looked so beautiful, and your husband is so handsome. The best part is that you both where so happy.
Thank you so much!!
I find it stunningly beautiful that the first time you touched your bridegroom was when he welcomed you to the wedding hoopa. The height of romance.
It also exemplifies the high esteem that you had for one another before entering into the marriage. You must have felt quite cherished.
May you always feel so cherished!
Thank you so much for your kind words :)
You were such a beautiful bride! This was one of my all time favorite videos you have done! Loved every minute of it!💖💝
Thank you so much Karen! That means so much!
@@jaroffireflies I forgot to mention that my best friend wore my wedding gown. She got married 1 year and 1 month after me. I too am not sentimental about objects, just people! 💞
@@karenhopper1691 I absolutely love that!!!
"My family loved it." The fact that your parents fully enjoyed your wedding is a testament to their goodness. They went along with all the traditions that had become so important to you. Your husband was walked down the aisle with his family. You were also walked down the aisle with his family. The separate standing for men and women ... the separate eating for men and women, etc. I'm sure it was a lovely event and your parents genuinely loved it ... but I have to say ... your parents are an impressive display of grace and goodness. Your in laws sound like amazing and accomplished people. I'm sure, if the situation were reversed, all set around your parents' family tradition, they would have been equally gracious. The caftan was gorgeous. I would have wanted to wear that as a wedding dress!
Both my and my husband's families are really amazing :) We are very lucky
You're so beautiful and you husband is in love also. A lot of happiness to you both!
Your wedding dress is absolutely gorgeous ! Like you I don't like being around hords of people but the look on your husband's face, priceless
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing this amazing celebration! You are a stunning couple who radiates pure love. I have to say, I choked up at the picture of him looking at you during the ring ceremony. What beauty! While I am Jewish, I did not have a traditional wedding (the good ol' courthouse was enough for us). I absolutely enjoy watching Orthodox ceremonies. They stir something deep in my soul. Thank you again for this glimpse into your life.
He got very emotional during the ceremony 😊 We both did 😊 Thank you so much for your kind words and I’m so glad you enjoyed 💜
Yes, the pure love in his eyes made me very emotional! 🤗💗
@@roseyc.5846 awwww 💖
Such beautiful memories! Everyone looks just so happy. You were glowing and your husband looked at you like you were so precious to him.
I got really emotional listening to your wedding story. ❤
You are a special soul.
Aw thank you 😊
This was so interesting to learn about, hearing about the Community pitch in sounded so special.
It was very special 💜
Chana, I am crying real tears! First, because your husband reminded me of mine when I met him..same coloring, etc. I miss him so much. But, on to the happy stuff..what a BEAUTIFUL wedding, and, what a gorgeous couple you were (still are)! I share so much in common with you; I'm also an introvert who doesn't care for big parties or lots of people. When you speak on that topic, I find myself nodding in agreement. I've always felt Jewish in my heart; you were so wise and courageous to pursue your dream. I've been looking forward to this video; thank you SO much for sharing your wedding with us. Many blessings to you and your family..wishing you a very long and happy lifetime of love together! Rosemarie 💖
Hello Rosemarie! I am so glad you enjoyed this :) And so glad it brought back such lovely memories for you!!!
Oh chana! You were such a beautiful bride! You looked absolutely beautiful and pure I got emotional and teary eyed just seeing those pictures.
Your mil did such an awesome job with the wedding dress you could not tell that is was altered at all! It's just so amazing that your in laws made the entire wedding, what a special family!!
May you continue to be blessed forever and ever💞
Thank you so much!
Beautiful kaftan Chana - great story of your wedding. Your MIL did a wonderful job on your wedding dress - you look gorgeous, handsome husband too!
Thank you! My MIL is so very talented
Chana you did such a wonderful job explaining it all, loved your hair and make-up well done doing it yourself on such an important day! Also your mother in law did such an amazing job turning a halterneck dress into a modest but beautiful bridal gown, it sounds like you have married into a family of formidable women. Thank you so much for sharing your story and wedding pictures 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Definitely I married well 😊
Your mother in law did an excellent job on your dress. You are beautiful ❤️
Thank you so much 😊
WOW!! Absolutely beautiful. Your so beautiful. And the way your husband looked at you. Just simply beautiful.
Thank you Laura 😊
I love how your community came together to create a beautiful day. That is so special. :)
Super interesting to learn about wedding in different culture. You looked absolutely stunning in your wedding photos. Both of you and your husband looked so beautiful. I love the ways you story tell. So enjoyable!
Thank you so much Joanna!
Omgosh where do I start? First off, thank you so much for sharing your wedding with us. What a stunning couple you were on your special day. Your MIL does amazing sewing, just beautiful. I can’t even imagine remaking a garment! You both seemed so happy as you both seem today….and now with a family.
I think the only thing that surprised me was not being allowed to touch until your wedding day!
Thank you so much! I am so glad that you enjoyed :) Ya, that no touching thing tends to shock a lot of people
Your mother in law made a good job at both your dress thank you for sharing x
Thanks so much 😊
I recently stumbled upon your videos and they are wonderful! As a non Jewish woman, I love learning about all of the topics you cover.
Hi Christine and welcome! I’m so glad you’re here!!!
I love learning about every religion and you are my favorite source to learn about orthodox Jewish traditions.
You both looked soooo happy. We can truly see it was meant to be
Aw thank you 💜
Thank you for making this video! I might make one about how ours went too. I'm baalat teshuva. My background is Ashkenazi, but my husband is half German Ashkenazi and half Iraqi Sephardi. Our household traditions are Ashkesphardi and so was our wedding. My husband did not wear a kittel, but I did circle him 3 times. We definitely did see each other for the week before the wedding and even the night before because we lived in NYC and got married in TX. Travel made hiding from each other impossible. Traveling for the wedding brought us closer to my family and also made it easier to keep the guest list small. We got married on Tu BeShevat. We did fast, but we scheduled the wedding for noon and had a dairy lunch, so the fast was very short. That was also good because my husband was recovering from appendicitis and I was recovering from meningitis. (The month before our wedding was a wild ride and the fact that we had gotten civilly married before either of us got sick made the hospital visits way smoother.) Our wedding had fewer than 50 people. Our chuppah was made from a big table cloth with a tree displaying all 4 seasons on a bamboo frame my uncle made. Ever since, we've used that table cloth for Shabbat meals with guests. I picked a dress that I could wear for other occasions later and realized two days before the wedding that it also had pockets! My mom is Reform and she was the only person who actually lived in the city where the wedding was. She'd never been to an Orthodox wedding. I had never been to an Orthodox wedding! But she was instrumental in making it happen. It ended up being a really great time. Neat tidbit: we were also the first couple to ever have a chuppah in the particular city where we got married, so there was an entire rabbinic back and forth to figure out how to spell the name of it on the ketuba. We set the official precedent for Hebrew spelling of the town in question, so yay us!
Thank you so much for sharing your story!
Thank you for sharing! You and your husband make a beautiful pair. The love shines through you both. I love how your MIL jumped in and did so much for you! I loved my MIL and she became a 2nd Mom and a best friend. I miss her everyday.
My Mil is amazing! i am so glad we still get to see her sometimes even though she lives across the ocean
What a fabulous wedding story, such exciting and beautiful memories. I love that family and community comes together to give the new couple to be a special and meaningful wedding. You and your husband looked so happy, you were a very pretty bride. 😊💕
Oh my, you looked amazing (no surprise there). I never thought your hair was that dark☺️ what a lovely story and your mom in law did a wonderful job with the dress and probably everything else. A big family like that must be lovely! I can imagine the emotional overdrive after all the wedding happiness and then in a pop you are married. Thank you for sharing.
So I am really a blonde but I dyed my hair brown starting in my 20s :)
Thank you so much for sharing your special day! Everything was so beautiful !!!! You are a beautiful bride and you radiate love 💕
Thank you so much Lisa!
Beautiful wedding, beautiful bride and an amazing family!
Thank you Corinn!
I love hearing all this. I’ve always wanted to be part of this kind of culture. Very meaningful. And hello from a fellow Texan introvert.
Your wedding just fell into place. Obviosly it was meant to be. Your dress was beautiful. ❤
Thank you!! 😊
What beautiful photos...you both looked amazing! 🥰🥰 Your mother-in-law did an outstanding job with your wedding dress, and the kaftan was stunning!
Thank you so much!!
Stunning bride and groom!
I had to pause to say how you handled your husband's family all showing up and all that craziness without having a nervous breakdown.... I could not! I'm an introvert too and just hearing you talk about it and imagining it, I would have been hiding in the closet! Lol
The both of you looked very clean on your wedding day! Your outfits were very traditional and acceptable with in the religion. It was very nice to see how you both started out.
So glad you enjoyed this :)
What a gorgeous bride. You looked so happy and excited in the photos. You looked like you belonged in a bride magazine. Your flowers were so colorful and beautiful. A Perfect day for you and your husband.
Thank you so much!😊
Mazel tov 🎉 And welcome to the tribe!!!
You were such a beautiful bride! Your husband is a very handsome man too.
And, the two of you seem to share a genuine respectful love.
God bless you both.
So beautiful! I loved that! I'm Mormon/LDS and we usually have to do alot of altering, etc, for our wedding dresses to be modest as well. I just loved this video! Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching! I’ve seen some morman wedding dresses, y’all also wear modest dresses for your weddings :) very cool!
Yay! I love wedding stories, they always make me think of my own wedding 🙂 You two were (and are!) such a sweet couple. As a fellow introvert I had lots of the same feelings about a wedding. But honestly, I was so caught up in actually getting married and being so happy to finally start the rest of my life with my husband, that I hardly noticed the people. Outside of the food and the flowers (the parts my mom took care of!) my wedding was pretty DIY and nothing was to fancy and that helped with my nerves too. I’m not typically a formal gal. The most fun thing about my wedding was probably that my cow was my ring bearer!
That’s so fun! Thanks so much for sharing about your wedding 💜
So I'm going to watch back about you being a convert. It does explain a blue eyed Sephardi, but here is my first surprise on your channel. :) I started following near the birth of your 4th child. Oh my goodness, your dress is lovely, your flowers are beautiful. I cry at weddings. When you started your pictures so did my tears. Your wedding was beautiful. Lol the outtakes.
You have such a pretty complexion. Thanks for sharing your wedding story.
Congratulations Chana you got a really beautiful wedding but now you have built a precious and blessed family.Thanks for all that you shares with us.I love when you shares any details because I can imagine the whole story .Regards from Panamá, Shabbat Shalom 🤗
Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate you!
You were radiant on your wedding day. The dress was beautiful
Thank you Amy 😊
Wow! Im so glad i found your channel. Im new to the homeschooling community and also sephardic jewish. Thanks for sharing such beautiful videos...I've seen 2 more recent ones and im hooked. Can't wait to see more. Have a beautiful day Chana ❤❤❤
Thank you so much! And welcome! I’m so happy you’re here ❤️❤️❤️
Omgosh!!...What a beautiful bride & groom you two were. You looked like a beautiful princess!...You are blessed beyond words to have such a wonderful religion and family. I had to LOL when you said, you invited 10 people and your husband invited the other 250 people. Lol ❤️ 😆 🤣....May G-d always bless you and your beautiful family.
Oh my goodness, my husband said that when the clergy person told him he could turn around, he said he got teary eyed, when he saw me coming up the aisle on my father’s arm ❤️
Aw what a lovely memory!
@@jaroffireflies I know right? Before I forget Chana, I’d like to say Shavua Tov, to you and your family 🥰
@@mayfleur36 thank you so much 😊
Sounds and looks like you had a beautiful wedding. WOW your mother in law is amazing seamstress. You can’t tell your wedding dress was originally a halter top type. Your Bouquet was gorgeous!! My wedding was 23 years ago and was a surprise to me and my husband lol. We went to his family’s house for a week so I could meet them before he left on a 6 month deployment and we were told on Friday Sept 4 th we were getting married the next day. We said ummm ok. Well here we are 23 years later. By the way your husband is very handsome.
Wow what a story! Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for your kind words :)
You looked amazing! I wish more girls would do their own makeup, it was stressful over here when my daughters had someone over to do it. Your parents & inlaws are lovely - MIL sooo talented!! Belated Mazel Tov!
Thank you!
P.S. Chana, the caftan was gorgeous, as was your dress. Kudos to your amazing MIL.
Rosemarie 💖
Thank you :)
Thank you I really enjoyed your video. And your wedding dress was stunning very talented mother-in-law you have . I am a Roman Catholic myself and One of my mother’s best friends was jewish whose family came from Poland. Her family was part of my life for many years. 🎈🇺🇸🎈
This was fascinating. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I used to be "addicted" to random trash on TH-cam. Now all I want to do is learn more about other people's faiths and lives and it's helping me to personally find a new relationship with my faith and seeing that life is not all about what you don't have!
Thank you for inviting me into this private part of your life. I feel like I have a new friend. With all my heart I wish you and your beautiful family the very best.
Thank you so much!
Hey darling,
Im in tears right now. cant put into words how i envy you for your journey.
Kinda speechless, so ill end up saying you inpired me a lot, you're so sweet and special
What a happy and handsome couple! I have been to a couple Jewish weddings but they were for couples of different faiths - in fact, my son's best friend from high school, who is Jewish, married a girl who was born in China, so while their wedding was more of what I would call a "regular" ceremony held outdoors, their reception was a wonderful mix of Jewish and Chinese traditions. It was probably one of the most fun receptions I've ever attended. It sounds like your day was one to remember as well - and I am SO impressed with your mother-in-law! Thank you for sharing.
I bet that was fun to see a mixture of cultures!
@@jaroffireflies It was. He wore a tux and she wore a white bridal gown for the marriage ceremony, then changed for the reception. The bride wore a stunning long red skirt and a red jacket embroidered in gold that had been made in China and the groom wore a long tunic in green/gold with gold embroidery that I think was also made in China. During the reception, they had a traditional Chinese tea ceremony and they did the Jewish dance where the couple is lifted up on chairs. It was quite a party!
You all look so happy at your wedding. I can clearly see the love between you two. I hope you have many more happy years together.
Thank you so much!!
You were such a beautiful bride! I was married in an Arabic ceremony 45 years ago this month and since it was my church, my husband's family had no idea what to expect...even though I filled them in weeks before...but it was still magical. Thank you for sharing your special day!
Shalom Chana, that was indeed beautiful, thanks for sharing! I am Ashkenazic. Qe can but do not have to cover our hair till the next day even though we have the cheder yichud. I didn't know that so covered my hair anyway!:) The 7 times around is something like building up the feminine energy around the groom. Sort of spiritual equivalent of him giving the ring. In Kabbala there's the energy of circle wn
Circle and line
Thank you so much Ann! That is so fun about your wedding. It sounds so beautiful!!! And such fun for your husband's family to experience :)
Thank you so much for that information Rochel! I didn't;t know that about the feminine energy, very cool!
A jewish wedding sounds like so much fun! You looked so beautiful and radiant ❤
Thank you so much! It was definitely a lot of fun :)
You have such beautiful hair, a shame to cover it up. I am sure not all Jewish people adhere to such traditions.
You looked lovely and your dress turned out fabulous. I to an a convert but of Ashkenazi heritage from Texas.
Your video was great so Thank you for sharing
Such a beautiful bride! And you are so right! Your MIL is anazing! What she did with your dress!
Thank you! yes she is just something else!
I’m crying tears of joy watching your beautiful wedding. You and your husband make a beautiful couple!!!!
Thank you so much Nancy!
Hi, sweet Chana! So beautiful, meaningful, joyful, and blessed. I can't thank you enough for sharing this precious day with us. Seeing your dear father-in-law was so special. And such a gorgeous couple you ARE...not just were!! 😊🫂
Thank you so much for your very kind and thoughtful words Debra :)
You look beautiful and husband looks handsome. Love the pictures . Tfs 👍😊
Thank you Ree!
B”H Chana!!!! I’m tearing up!!!! You look like a gorgeous princess and Eishes Chayil….Aba bless you both, thank you so much for sharing your special day with us💖
Thank you so much!!!
I was one of the special people that was there. It was amazing and I loved every minute. You are such a blessing to me and Kay! Love seeing all your videos.
Michelle! 💜💜💜 So much love to you!
Beautiful! Even though my wedding was chassidish, we also have similar customs to Sephardim! (I still had to do a yichud room, but I had to cover my hair afterwards at the reception.) Also had a friend do my hair and makeup last minute because we weren't sure who could do it the day of, since mine was also a total corona wedding. Loved seeing your photos and hearing about your story!
Oh wow I didn't know ya'll did that about the hair covering! I remember they almost didn't;t let us do the wedding at the shul because it was an ashkenazi shul and they said we had to do a yichud room. We obviously refused lol I think the compromise was that we went into the rabbis office for a few minutes lol
I was surprised that the bride doesn't give a ring to the groom! Does the groom ever have a ring? Xxxx
Ashkenazi here
@@jaroffireflies it really depends on the chassidus but in general most women wear a wig at the chuppah to already have had their hair covered throughout the wedding (though I chose to put on a white tichel after the yichud room!) And yeah the yichud room thing is very interesting halachically and hashkafically!
@@tammyleigh21 the groom never gets a rind related to the ceremony. Most Orthodox men do not where a ring though many may choose to wear one to work, etc if the need arises to let it be known they are married.
I'm Catholic, in England and i loved seeing your story. You looked lovely x
Thank you so much Anne! I am so glad that you are here :)
Your wedding was so beautiful. You were both looking so joyous! Thank goodness for your in laws. Such an incredible day!
I wish you could have had your hair down as I have seen other Jewish brides. You are a beautiful lady.
What a BEAUTIFUL caftan!!! Thank you for sharing about your wonderful Sephardic wedding experience. You & Mr.Firefly were beaming and looked SO happy. I love hearing about different cultural customs within Judaism.🌺
Thank you so much!
What a stunning bride! You look so happy and glowy in those pictures :) Also, it's always so interesting to hear you speak some yiddish words as they are so similiar to German, like ,,badeken'' which is so similiar to the German Word ,,bedecken'' which means to cover something. I've also heard you say something along the lines of ,,shlepping'' in another video, which is basically the same as ,,schleppen''. You should visit Austria someday and see how many German words you understand just by hearing them :)
Oh yes it’s so similar! I don’t speak Yiddish, I just know a handful (or more) or Yiddish words that I hear people use all the time :)
@@jaroffireflies if you had grown up in New York City like I did, you would have learned and used many of those words. Almost everyone over a certain age has integrated them into their vocabulary. 😊
Yiddish is primarily a Germanic language.
I also found it super hilarious that sefardi weddings have something called a "bedecken". You can be certain that is not what it was called in Morocco.
What an exciting story! What a shame you didn't have henna! This reminded me so much of my time travelling in Morocco (I've travelled a lot there). I had my hands painted with henna a couple of times and heard about Moroccan Berber wedding traditions which have some similarities to what you were saying. It was really good having my hand painted because it takes a while and then you have to wait for it to dry so I got to sit there for a while and talk with the Moroccan women. I visited Chefchaouen which I'm sure you know is a town entirely built by Jews leaving Spain in the fifteenth century. I also visited the Jewish quarters of various other places like Fes and a Jewish kasbah at the edge of the Sahara desert near Zagora. Good times! Thanks for reminding me! A belated congratulations on your wedding. You look beautiful and very happy together.
What fun! Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm embarrassed to say I've watched this 3 times i enjoyed it soo much 😘
Aw thank you Olivia! 💖💖💖
Just watched this again. Your MIL did a wonderful job on your dress. You both looked very nice and your dress was beautiful and your husband so handsome. Thank you for sharing with us! I to prefer small events. Not much for crowds. Here you are many years later and still smiling and you have a wonderful family and husband and Bella. 😊
I would love to see the dress from before, just to marvel at how your mother in law did everything! It looked gorgeous!
I never took a picture of that!
You made such a beautiful Bride, the joy on your Husband's face is just wonderful.😊🏴
Beautiful wedding! I love that you explain the differences in customs! Love Bella at the end. "Just announcing the mail man and protecting the family momma!" --Bella
LOL That Bella barks at everything :) She keeps us on our toes!
How lovely! I just love the story of your mother in law!
She’s amazing right?!
@@jaroffireflies You are definately blessed to have her.
Indeed
You are absolutely stunning. It would be cool if you would go more into detail in general about jewish weddings 😊
Thank you of your kind words :)
You were a beautiful bride and your wedding gown was amazing!! Your mother in law is amazing.
Thank you so much!
Such a lovely wedding. Your Mother in law did an amazing job making your dress. Very appropriate and pretty. You both looked happy in love and thank you for sharing.