Category: Unity Ritual
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Breaking of the glass, in interfaith ceremonies performed.
In a Jewish wedding, the tradition of breaking a glass symbolizes the destruction of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, serving as a reminder of tragedy even amidst great joy, and is often interpreted as a representation of the permanence of marriage, as a broken glass cannot be put back together; the groom usually breaks the glass with…
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Sand Ceremony Unity Ritual
Bride and groom, today you join your separate lives together. These two vessels of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you will ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two vessels are poured…
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Unity Candle, Wedding Ritual – Spanish
Ahora Novio y novia van a encender la vela de la unidad. Las dos velas exteriors representan las vidas separadas de ustedes ante de hoy. La vela del centro representa sus dos vidas unidas en una hoy. Por favor tomen y prendan sus velas exteriors y juntos enciendan la vela de la unidad del centro.