Jewish Wedding Traditions ~ Avi & Eleana From Twin Lens Images, III
Today we are sharing the fantastic work of Kitty and Craig Fritz from Twin Lens Images. They have documented Avi and Eleana’s traditional Jewish wedding and celebration with unerring sensitivity and charm. It is now time to celebrate the marriage …
The Festive Meal or Seudah
It is considered a mitzvah (the fulfillment of a divine commandment) for guests to bring simcha (joy) to the bride and groom on their wedding day.
There is much music and dancing as the guests celebrate with the new couple; some guests entertain with feats of juggling and acrobatics.
Although the wedding feast is, in itself, a mitzvah, the emphasis is on entertaining the newlyweds. By dancing around the bride and groom, the community expresses its support for the couple.
As a part of the Jewish people, the newlyweds never need fear facing life alone.
We have only touched upon a few of the traditions of the Jewish wedding. We truly thank Eleana and Avi & Kitty and Craig for allowing us a glimpse into this very special day. The emotions and the heartfelt love is so prominent throughout the entire sequence of images from Twin Lens ~ Kitty & Craig, you really ARE the best!
The LOVELY flowers for this wedding were designed by Little Black Book vendor, Margaret Bost ~ floral design of Santa Fe. Event planning was by Heidi Anderson of Santa Fe Soiree. And again, the amazing wedding venue was the Allen Houser Compound.
Twin Lens, Kitty and Craig, are based in New Mexico but shoot weddings … everywhere! Their website is filled with more featured weddings depicting their unmistakable style and talent!
What a amazing wedding!
specially when you engaged the culture, traditions family and friends...
very lovely
This wedding and these photos are so lovely they gave me goose pimples! The joy and the love so clearly shine through. Just amazing.
Thank you so much for featuring this wedding--it was beautiful to see the love and commitment the couple had for each other shine through each picture. As my fiance and I attempt to plan an interfaith ceremony together I want to work at maintaining a similar combination of joy and solemnity at the occasion.
Thanks so much for featuring this wedding and explaining some of the traditions of a Jewish wedding... it's fascinating to see all the ways that people make their weddings personal!
Just a question. I told my friends about the beautiful traditional Jewish wedding post on your site. When they accessed the Little Black Book, only a portion of the wedding was still available for viewing. Where is the rest of the wedding with all of the pictures of the special traditions? Are we missing some button or link? They would really like to see the rest of what I described to them.
Thanks, I love your wedding site!
Great photos, the photographer has some amazing skills.