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Article: Resurrecting a tradition: tenaim are a new (old) wedding trend.(WEDDING/CELEBRATION GUIDE)
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- The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2009
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The current trend in Jewish wedding customs follows the adage, "Everything old is new again." According to numerous How-To-Plan-Your-Jewish-Wedding Web sites, modern couples have resurrected tenaim, a 12th-century Ashkenazic tradition still observed in many traditional circles, for their big day.
The ancient custom traces its roots to European shtetls. Tenaim, or conditions, constituted a formal engagement ceremony at which parents of the bride and groom agreed to betroth their two children. During the celebration, a contract was signed, witnessed and read to the assemblage. This document set the date and time of the ...
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