Jewish Henna Party

Authentic moroccan jewish henna party produced by nelly with moroccan party rentals.

Jewish henna party. For more info call 818 406 8700 or visit http www moroccanpartyren. The moroccan henna party is one of the most significant and memorable of the moroccan jewish wedding traditions. The ashkenazim immediately before the wedding ceremony perform the ritual of bedeken in which the groom places the veil on the bride to recall the story of our patriarch jacob who did not realize that he was married to leah and not rachel until it was too late.

Mizrahi jews from the middle east and north africa have practiced pre wedding henna ceremonies for generations. Designed and produced by moroccan party rentals inc. Yes indeed dear readers jews from places like north africa morocco yemen and even iran do have the tradition of a henna ceremony sometime before the wedding.

One of those is lighting two candles just before shabbat so two lit candles are placed in the bowl of henna and the lights are turned off as henna is applied to the hand of the bride and then the guests. A jewish henna party. The main difference between the jewish henna ceremony and the henna ceremonies i ve seen from india is that the jewish ceremony does not involve drawing designs rather a large round mark is made on the hand with the henna and there are even little round badges with ribbons that are used to tie the henna to the.

Perhaps the most interesting moroccan wedding custom also done by many other non ashkenazic jews is a henna party done in lieu of the bedeken. The immersion of the bride in the mikveh before her wedding referred to as the night of the bath turns into a party filled with song dancing and specially prepared sweets for all her female family and friends who accompany her instead of the more sober and private experience of the ashkenazi bride.