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Excerpt from The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries Jew and a J ewess had been arranged, they with many of their friends met at some public covered place, where the contract was read over aloud, and notice was given of the intended day of the Wedding. The company then saluted the couple, and wished them happiness in their new life. Then the younger men threw down and broke certain earthen vessels which they had brought with them. A person waited at the door to give to each guest 3 glass of wine, and sometimes comfits, as he left. The 'priest who was to offer the marriage benediction took a glass of wine, and, having blessed and tasted it, he gave it to the couple to drink. After this ceremony neither of them went out for eight days, during which period many friends visited the bridegroom, and made merry with him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.