Wedding Weekend: Friday Night

Wedding Weekend: Friday Night

May 20th, 2010 @ 3:21 pm by Mrs. Hermit Crab
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I have mentioned before that our wedding will include a weekend full of events, and now that we are officially booked, I thought I would tell you about them.

And so… Part 1: Friday night

In Judaism, the Sabbath day begins on Friday night at sundown and continues until Saturday night at sundown, and it is called Shabbat (the Hebrew word for Sabbath). Friday nights have become incredibly important to Mr. Hermit Crab and me, as we make sure that Friday night dinners are always at home, often with lots of company, and of course, with copious amounts of delicious food. Also, one of the first things we did together when we started dating was attend Friday night services and dinner together at our Hillel, the Bronfman Center. I am happy to say that we will be spending the Friday night of our wedding weekend once again at the Bronfman Center.

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The NYU Bronfman Center is a beautiful old brownstone near NYU that will be the perfect setting for our first wedding event.

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The first floor of the Bronfman Center where we will have dinner (will be set up with tables and chairs).

Friday night we will have our closest family join us. This will be a group of about 35 people (and this is our close family - now you know why we are having 300!) and will be a wonderful way for us to enjoy our families before the craziness of the weekend really sets in. We will start with Friday night services that will give us the opportunity to set the mood, and to welcome and thank our families. We will then head downstairs for a family Shabbat dinner, complete with lighting the candles, drinking wine, and eating freshly baked challah (and a full delicious meal, of course!).

I am really looking forward to Friday night. We will be able to kick off our wedding weekend in a place that is meaningful for us both personally and for our relationship, with the people that we are closest to.

Will you be able to incorporate personally historic locations into your wedding? What are you doing to kick off your wedding events?

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8 Responses to “Wedding Weekend: Friday Night”

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elsi

Aww, that sounds totally lovely.

5/20/10 @ 3:31 pm (reply)

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Tribble (message) 47 posts, Newbee

I am hoping to get together as much of the bridal party as I can together to have a luncheon. It will be a way we can say thank you for standing up with us at the wedding and enjoy time with them that isn’t all wedding.

5/20/10 @ 3:39 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

beautiful building and so nice that you have an event at such a meaningful place for you.

5/20/10 @ 4:04 pm (reply)

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F @ sanebrideadvice.blogspot.com

We did a ladies luncheon as well and then proceeded to all get our nails done together before the rehearsal dinner..being so busy and getting to relax was key to kick off such a wonder, yet exhausting, weekend!

Beautiful brownstone !!Goodluck

5/20/10 @ 4:07 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,288 posts, Bee Keeper

your shabbat dinner sounds like it will be a lovely event!

5/20/10 @ 5:15 pm (reply)

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Miss Cola (message) 2,868 posts, Sugar bee

Sounds like a great way to spend a relaxing evening catching up with family!

5/20/10 @ 6:06 pm (reply)

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Miss Trail Mix (message) 6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

That sounds like a wonderful way to start off your wedding weekend, we used to do Friday night Shabbat dinner when I was growing up, it’s a lovely tradition!

5/20/10 @ 6:51 pm (reply)