{"id":16833,"date":"2023-01-27T21:02:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T21:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/?p=16833"},"modified":"2023-01-27T21:02:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T21:02:58","slug":"bucking-tradition-breaking-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wedding-traditions\/bucking-tradition-breaking-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucking Tradition: Breaking Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class='et-dropcap'>Y<\/span>ou may have attended a wedding where the couple broke glass during their marriage ceremony. If you are not familiar with this tradition, you may have wondered where it comes from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Italy, many newlyweds smash glass, typically by stepping on it. The number of pieces the glassware breaks into symbolizes the number of years the couple will be happily married, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/7966724\/common-wedding-traditions-and-superstitions?slide=20cd9eb6-8df1-464a-a6f4-9ec24661345b#20cd9eb6-8df1-464a-a6f4-9ec24661345b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to Martha Stewart<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is often accompanied by a chant of \u201cper cent\u2019anni,\u201d\u00a0 which mean \u201cfor a hundred years!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish marriage ceremonies also typically involve breaking glass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At some point during the marriage ceremony, which varies depending on the temple and tradition, the couple stomp on a glass wrapped in cloth and placed on the ground under the\u00a0chuppah, aka bridal canopy. The congregation shouts \"mazal tov!\" in congratulations, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/jewish-wedding-glass-break-tradition-2017-4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to Insider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason Jewish couples break a glass during the wedding ceremony is to remember the destruction of the Jewish temples. It is a ritual that tempers that happiness of the occasion and allows for a moment of reflection, Insider says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bottom line: If you are Italian or Jewish, you may want to consider the breaking glass tradition to honor your heritage. If not, be aware that some may consider the act inappropriate due to cultural appropriation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about how brides are \u201cbucking tradition,\u201d read our blogs on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wedding-traditions\/bucking-tradition-kneeling-to-propose\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kneeling to propose<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wedding-traditions\/bucking-tradition-carrying-the-bride-across-the-threshold\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carrying the bride across the threshold<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wedding-traditions\/bucking-tradition-penny-in-your-shoe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the penny in your shoe.<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have attended a wedding where the couple broke glass during their marriage ceremony. If you are not familiar with this tradition, you may have wondered where it comes from.\u00a0In Italy, many newlyweds smash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spedj.com\/spe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}