Lieby and Roizy Breuer are having a Traditional Jewish Orthodox Hasidic Satmar Chuppah.
In many (Ashkenazic) communities, at the start of the chuppah marriage ceremony, it is customary for the bride to circle the groom counterclockwise (three or) seven times. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe-Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory-once remarked in a letter that the circling “is a segulah for a good life.”1 But why do we circle seven times? There are a number of reasons given.
The Start of “Full Life”
In a fascinating Letter, the Rebbe-Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory-cites the tradition of the Zohar that marriage is a union of two halves of the same soul.2
This is not a union of two identical halves, but rather of two complementary parts. The sages note that “the nature of the male is to conquer,” while Scripture calls the woman the “foundation of the home.” When these two soul-parts come together, they start living a “full life,” and together they build a harmonious, balanced home.
When G‑d desired a home for Himself, He created the world in six days, and the seventh day He designated as a holy day of rest. The number seven thus symbolizes completion and holiness within time and space. So when a couple is about to set up a home and begin a “full life,” it is fitting that this symbolism be reflected in the marriage ceremony.
We can now understand the choreography of the seven circuits.
The groom (the “conqueror”), who takes the initiative to create the union, is initially the center of the new Jewish home. He is the first to take his place under the chuppah. The bride circling the groom symbolizes the delineation of their own private world within the outer world, with her husband-to-be at its center. She continues to circuit seven times, symbolizing that she, the “foundation of the home,” is founding a lasting edifice that will be complete until the end of time. Once she completes the seven circuits, she stands beside her husband-to-be in the center of the circle. After the preparations for building the home are completed, both husband and the wife form its center, surrounded by the protective walls the wife created around their metaphysical home.
Source:www.chabad.org/library/articl...
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17 июн 2024
