Checking Items off of the List

Here is a video of a few ideas of what is on our wedding checklist:

This past weekend, Adam and I went to Brookline, Massachusetts to do some wedding errands that needed to be accomplished. Our first stop was at the Israel Book Shop to order our personalized benchers for the wedding. Now, we just have to wait for the order to come in and we will get a call when the benchers have arrived and are ready to pick up. After we were finished there, we went to Kolbo to purchase the ceremonial glass for breaking at the end of our wedding. We will send the glass shards away after the wedding to a company who will place the glass shards into a mezuzah of our choosing to use in the future.

The symbolism of the smashing of the glass by the Chatan at the conclusion of the ceremony has a variety of explanations. One is that the shattering ushers in the outbreak of merriment that should immediately follow the pronouncement. Guests usually respond with “Mazel Tov!” (“Congratulations!”) Another explanation is that the breaking recalls the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Even at height of personal joy, sadness is remembered.

We are crossing things off of our list one by one and by the time that August comes around we will feel completely accomplished that we got everything we wanted completed.

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