Posted on 08/04/2010 1:15:30 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves beside her husband former U.S. President Bill Clinton as they arrive for an after-party for their daughter Chelsea in Rhinebeck, New York July 30, 2010. Tourists and reporters from all over the world have descended on the picturesque Hudson River Valley village to catch a glimpse of Chelsea, the former first daughter, who is set to marry longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday.
On the other hand...good for Chelsea....Congrats to her and her new husband!
Marc Mezvinsky (L), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd L), Chelsea Clinton and former President Bill Clinton (R) pose after Chelsea and Marc's wedding ceremony at Astor Court in Rhinebeck, New York July 31, 2010.
Nowadays they all look like someone just grabbed a few flowers from the garden.
Question...any Jewish FReepers on this thread can tell me why the groom is wearing a shawl?
Apparently, they are used for weddings: http://www.jewishbride.com/store/white_silk_gab_tallit.html
I understand that Chelsea and Tiger have been texting back and forth!!!
Is that a surplus Swiss army tent she is wearing?
You owe me a monitor.
During a Jewish wedding, the groom traditionally wears a tallit -- or prayer shawl -- which is the garment worn during Jewish prayer. In some Jewish traditions, the tallit (or "talis") is wrapped around both the bride and groom during the ceremony, to symbolize their unity. Gallery Judaica offers tallits to complement the style of any groom -- and the bride by his side. http://www.galleryjudaica.com/Jewish-Wedding-Checklist.aspx
She looks fat in that blue dress.”
It’s not blue - it’s Recycle Green! Maybe she should have borrowed Michelle’s green shoes to go with it except I’m sure she wore them when she went to Spain.
Haven’t seen this one for years, it’s a classic!
That’s a sari-looking dress, if you ask me...
That dress looks like something Liz Taylor discarded in the 1970’s.
Because he is Jewish.
I truly don’t like strapless wedding gowns on anyone, but other than that Chelsea’s dress was gorgeous. Her hair was done very nicely, too. Not much you can do with a horse-mouth like hers but in general she looked lovely.
That’s as charitable as I get.
But isn't this young man's father part of a tradition from Russia with lady rabbis? I know they do a lot of other things a tad different.
I was wondering if that would send anyone down to the computer store. :)
Ha.
ML/NJ
Interesting discussion of tallis etiquette on this thread; you might enjoy it. From post #63 onward.
Last time I saw this, it was an animation by potlatch.
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