The Deep Meaning Behind An Orthodox Jewish Wedding | World Wide Wed | Refinery29

In the Jewish Orthodox faith, men and women reserve physical touch until after the wedding ceremony. In this episode of World Wide Wed, we meet Hadassa and Ze'ev, a young couple who unite their souls in the holy mitzvah of marriage before they've even held hands.

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[dorotheapeach]

"I hope that there's a lot of giggling in the marriage." That's adorable and very important indeed.

[alBoorack]

He offers her a blessing and his heart
and then he RIPS THE DANCE FLOOR ASUNDER!

[tocacherie]

Update on them! Hadassa and Ze'ev have a son and recently welcomed a beautiful baby girl!

[gnfbunny]

i'm here after watching unorthodox on netflix, which shows the bad side of orthodox judaism. however, this was really beautiful and they really do love each other. i'm very happy for them. ❤️ i realized there are extremes and complete differences to everything and that one experience does not define an entire religion or culture.

[kymmiisha]

Her mother is so beautiful, youthful and prayerful. I thought she was her older sister. She’s goals!!

[sarahkas]

I love how once they got married he never let go of her hand

[MayMarie]

When he talks about seeing how devoted she is and how it makes him want to do better, I teared up. That’s true love right there.

[luvsarah]

as an orthodox Jewish girl i feel like this is a beautiful representation orthodox Jewish culture and i love how it shows bits of life of an orthodox Jewish girl like myself :)

[lyannahamza]

I am a Muslim girl and i really enjoyed watching this Orthodox Jewish wedding it's so pure and so beautiful mazel tov !!!Mabrouk !!!

[bettegregory]

From a Christian here: absolutely beautiful! I have a great love and respect for your faith! I wish the couple a lifetime of happiness !

[Mahrukh]

I love this. I'm Muslim but it was so heartening to see that people take relationships seriously and communicate in an appropriate manner with the opposite gender, even during the time of marriage. It was so pure to see how happy the groom and bride were to hold each others hands for the first time. I wish them nothing but the best for the future. <3

[peach]

The fact that the father was speaking Hebrew and I could hear the Baltimore accent 😭

[inkella]

5:30 "he offers her a blessing, and his heart--"
*SPONTANEOUSLY THRUSTS HIS LIMBS ERRATICALLY IN RANDOM DANCE MOVES*

[sara_s_]

As a Turkish Muslim I thought this was beautiful to watch. I preserve my religious traditions and I respect that your people do too. I see strength in your culture.

[FiveEighteenBlog]

The most moving part was seeing Hadass beautiful mother pray for her daughter. There’s nothing like a mothers love ! Beautiful video

[urimeltzer]

see, I wish more people could see just how beautiful, deep and meaningful our traditions are. also i love how he is actually jumping when he holds her hand for the first time lol.

[khadramohamed]

I love how the mother said, “We gain wisdom from the past ... in the bounds of the past we can move towards the future.” As a young Muslim woman I resonate with that deeply. Thank you for this video.

[cookeeee]

I wish everyone took marriage this seriously. God Bless you with healthy and holy family . 😊👏👏

[spiritmatter]

The bride's mom is so joyful and beautiful. And I might add, she looks like her life is satisfying and purposeful.

[kristine]

"Sporadically" and then She giggles . . . Congratulations !