Re: chairs

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

We had a discussion about the chairs a couple of years ago and you can go
back to that discussion at
http://www.shamash.org/listarchives/jewish-music/990718

Helen
Helen Winkler
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Rushefsky" <rushefsky_p (at) univerahealthcare(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: chairs


> I've always assumed this ritual was invented to enable the bride & groom
to
> "dance" with each other over the mechitzah, but I'd be interested to hear
what
> those who have studied it more than me know.
>
> >>> a bisl yidishkayt 06/26 7:28 AM >>>
> Haven't run across the answer to this in my reading and a student in a
> class wanted the answer:
>
> The chair lifing of khusn-kale at a khasene that is so common today -
among
> at least some Hasidim as well - is this a custom that existed in Eastern
> Europe, or is it an American invention?
>
> Dena
>
>
>
>

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