- Buenas tardes Rabino Bartfeld Le escribo para otra Shaile - Vi en una jupa que ponen afuera del cuarto de ijud de los novios una cuchara de plata - Ha escuchado usted de ese minag.
- Translation: Good Evening Rabbi Bartfeld. I’m sending another Shaile. I saw in a Chupa outside of the Yichud Room that they placed a silver spoon. Is there a source to this tradition?
A. It is usually a tradition followed by Chabad Chasidim and other similar Chasidic groups. At the wedding, according to the Chabad custom, a silver spoon is placed at the entrance to the Yichud Room. The Chosson (groom) walks in first by stepping over it with his right foot first.
Some mention that it is to symbolize that they will never be in need and go hungry. Other authors mention that the word Kesef or silver is similar to the term Liksof - "נכסוף נכספתי" – implying the love and care for the new couple to each other. Traditionally, in many other cultures a “Silver Spoon” is a symbol of well being and wealth.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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