Question for Jewish/Interfaith brides

ShortBride Posted: Oct 12, 2005 08:51 AM

Question for Jewish/Interfaith brides

Are you doiing the blessing over the challah? If so, who is doing it? We were going to have the Rabbi do it, but he isn't going to the reception...

THANKS!

FTRBRIDE Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:03 AM

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My Grandpa did it- he does it at all family receptions.

dmag1 Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:04 AM

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We are an interfaith couple and we decided to do it. Any relative on the Jewish family side that you would like to honor that also may not have a big role in the wedding (Grandparent, uncle, etc..) would be a good choice. We are having my cousin do it (he's pretty involved with his temple.)

FallBride05 Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:13 AM

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FH's great uncle will be saying it.

LaurenluvsTJ Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:13 AM

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no, we are not going to incorporate anything religious. If we did the challah blessing, then we would have to do something traditional for his family too, and it would all just get too complicated.

JanuaryBride06 Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:19 AM

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We don't know yet.

PrincessRose Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:23 AM

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Yes, we did the Challah blessing. We had a Jewish GM do it.

A lot of people have an older, 'Head of the family' figure do it.

hocus Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:40 AM

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My father did it.

nferrandi Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:48 AM

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My dad did the blessings with my uncle and great uncle.

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Oct 12, 2005 09:53 AM

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no, we're not doing that.

we're having a Jewish style cermony and FH's uncle will be saying grace at the reception.

KvsGrl Posted: Oct 12, 2005 10:22 AM

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If we do, my Grandpa will do it.

BHW Posted: Oct 12, 2005 11:31 AM

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Both of my grandfathers said the blessing and cut the challah. My husband isn't religious at all so we only incorporated Jewish traditions (challah, hora) into our reception and we essentially had a Jewish ceremony.

ShortBride Posted: Oct 12, 2005 11:41 AM

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thanks ladies! For those of you who are fasting, have an easy fast

FINALLYME Posted: Oct 12, 2005 01:49 PM

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Usually a member of the jewish side of the family has the honor. It can be male or female.

evnme Posted: Oct 12, 2005 02:00 PM

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My uncle Paul will be doing it.

flower32 Posted: Oct 12, 2005 02:02 PM

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My father will do the blessing. I think it's usually someone from the family who does it.

marymoon Posted: Oct 12, 2005 02:19 PM

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If FH's grandpa is able to come, we'd like for him to say it

stephanielyse Posted: Oct 12, 2005 02:27 PM

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I'm having my two grandmothers do it. I'm not having them walk down the aisle (one can't walk and doesn't want to be pushed in a wheelchair), so I wanted a different way to honor them.

Goldi1021 Posted: Oct 12, 2005 02:34 PM

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Neithr one of us have grandfathers so FFIL will do it. My father would have been right up there with him but in the way that only my father could have said the motzi, Dad would have said:

'Ha motzi lekem MINNIE HOROWITZ'.

It always generated laughs, but he was very serious about it. G-d I miss him!

I always wondered WHO Minnie Horowitz was?