At a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the bride and groom stand under a
chupah, two cups of wine are poured and
kiddush is recited over the first cup, the rings are exchanged, the
ketubah is read, the
seven blessings (Sheva Brachot) are recited over the second cup of wine and then a glass is placed on the floor, and the groom shatters it with his foot. This act serves as an expression of sadness at the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, and identifies the couple with the spiritual and national destiny of the Jewish people.
Everyone knows the
simcas and
nacchus that a wedding brings! Two people that were made for each other are bound together, forever, until death do they part. They may come from different backgrounds, but in the end, they are made up of (more or less) the same thing (or
things, in this case.....).
When
Mary Shelley said "
How I, then a young girl, came to think of, and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea?", she was NOT talking about marriage. She was talking about
Frankenstein.
A wedding gift for my cousin's upcoming wedding. She's Egyptian and I found the scan didn't show her skin tone to be dark enough...but overall I'm happy with the outcome. I hope they like it as well. 
