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Why does the groom break the glass - why not the bride?

by Rabbi Naftali Silberberg

  

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I have not seen it explained anywhere why it is the groom who breaks the glass. Perhaps the reason is because it is the groom's obligation to make his wife happy, not vice versa (see Deuteronomy 24:5), and therefore it is he who most needs to remember that the joy must be tempered.


Practically speaking, it's hard to break the glass in heels...


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Deuteronomy
The fifth of the Five Books of Moses. This book is a record of the monologue which Moses spoke to the Israelites in the five weeks prior to his passing.