Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Against Glass Breaking at Weddings

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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has come out against the tradition of the bridegroom breaking a glass at his wedding, according to a report in Friday's Yisrael Hayom.

The former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel claimed the custom - which is supposed to express anguish at the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem - has become one of laughter and a cheap approach to the subject and it would be better to cancel it.

The rabbi went further in the Shas party's Shabbat publication Oneg Shabbat, linking his claim to the cries of "Mazal Tov" or "Siman Tov" that accompany the act.

The rabbi praised the custom in Sephardic communities to recite the line "If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning," from its source in Psalm 137.

He proposed that the problem be corrected by having the rabbi conducting the wedding have the groom recite those words after him before he breaks the glass and slowly prepare those in attendance for what is to come, giving them the background of the custom.

Arutz Sheva

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