Henna Jewish
Births birthdays bar mitzvahs holidays and most lastingly as a rite of passage ceremony for jewish sephardic weddings.
Henna jewish. After the young couple is engaged many families have the custom of making if official with an engagement party that is thrown by the bride s family. The most significant use of henna in jewish communities however is as part of a pre wedding ceremony. Be it yemenite iraqi iranian syrian indian and other mizrachi jewish communities.
Some communities also used henna as part of ritual celebrations and holidays. The jewish henna became an important tradition that marked and enhanced auspicious events. By natasha cooper benisty october 7 2015 my jewish learning is a not for profit and relies on your help.
Embracing a jewish henna wedding tradition this custom is a treasured part of moroccan jewish and other mizrahi marriage celebrations. The tradition is a symbolic way to shower the bride and groom with what they hope. Mizrahi jews from the middle east and north africa have practiced pre wedding henna ceremonies for generations.
Israel s mizrahi jews who migrated from north african and middle eastern countries perform a lavish henna ceremony before weddings to bless the future bride and groom. The jewish henna party the hina is not limited to the moroccan jews. A jewish henna celebration.
In fact these celebratory henna jewish wedding parties are prevalent in the jewish sephardic wedding traditions. A few nights ago we enjoyed a jewish henna celebration in honor of my neighbor s daughter who will be getting married in a few months.