Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-09
Breaking the Wine Glass.
A Marriage That VvaS So Iemnized Ac- cOrding to the Jewish Ritual.
 From the New York Times.l

| l cOrding the Jewish RituaIs
 IFrom the New York Times.l
 One of the sooiety events of yesterday was the marriage, according to the strict Hebrew | ritual, of MT. Frederick Nathan, son of the late Benjamin Nathan of this city, and Miss Maud Nathan, daughter of Robert W. Nathan, of No. 157 East Forty -ninthstreet The cer- emony was announced, in the notes of invita-
 tion, to take place at 5:30 o'clock in the after
 noon at the synagogue of the congregation
 Shearith Israel, No West Nineteenthstreet;
 but 1t was few minutes past when the wind
 instruments, stationed in the music gallery,
 sounded the first notes of sensuous Oriental
 composition and the president of the congre-
 gation ascended to his box at the right Of the
 ark of the covenant, in front of which swung
 the ever lighted censer shaped lamp. Four
 tall white tapers, mounted upon bronze stands,
 lighted the elevated space in front Of the ark,
 and upon the centre of the platform rested
 basket of flowers. The hoopah Cor canopy),
 under which the ceremony was performed,
 was near the centre of the interior. From an elevated dais like music stand, about 12 feet square, rose four ornamented bronze pillars,
 one at each corner. These supported the roof of an elaborate canopy of white silk, from the border of which fell heavy siIken fringe.
 railing of beautiful lattice-work surround ed the dais at the base, and walled ln the br1- dal party and the officiating priests, the Rev.
 a.-P. Mendez and the Rev. D. Neito, his as-
 sistant, from the rest of the congregation
 From the entrance of the sanctuary to the car
 peted steps of the hoopah in the centre Of the apartment, a beautiful causeway composed or tall Oriental palms, interlaced at the top so as to form verdant roof, shielded the bridal par ty from the curious gaze of the spectators, as, after tke officiating priests had ascended the dais they followed two by two, until the bride and groom and bridesmaids and groomsmen had all taken their positions beneath the cano- py the former as participants in the ceremo- n.y. the latter as witnesses Everywhere trails of snllax, nodding tufts of palm, and fragrant bouquets of exotics entwined about slender columns filled deep ernbrasures, or tipped a vacant corner with symbols of life and color. Nine white tapers, upheld by gigantic candle sticks of bronzs, flooded the space beneath the hoopah with dazzling illumination. The following gentlemen acted as ushers: MT Mortimer Hendricks, MT. Lucien Nathan, MT. Emanuel Minsisheimer, Mir. Clarence Nathan, Mir. Florence Nathan. The groomsmen were Mr. Benjamin F. Nathan, MT. R. F. Nathan, brother of the bride; Mir. Julian Nathan, brother of the groom, and Mir. A. Nathan, cousin of the bride and groom. There were four bridesmaids, ali dressed in white silk, with tuIle veils falling to their feet-Miss Ma tilda Jackson, Miss Beatrice Hendricks, Miss Louise Nathan, and Miss Matilda Florence.
 The bride in toilet of pale ciel silk, with her maids, occupied one portion Of the da1s, ana the groom, supported by his retinue of grooms- men, the other. Between the two groups stood Ra bbis Mendez and Neito. The former prefaced the ceremony with @ brief address to the bridal pair, and an invocation in the Eoglish language; and then, taking glass Of wine rendered him upon silver salVer by an attendant, commenced to cantillate in Hebrew,
 with a low, monotonous intonation, rising gradually into a higher key as the service went on: "Blessed art thou, o Lord, our God; King of the Universe who greatest the fruit of the vne!'' Having intoned the first bless ing, of which the foregoing is the initial pas sage, Rabbi Mendez lifted the glass to his lips, then rendered it to the groom, and lastly to the bride, each slipping from the goblets orlm in turn. This ceremony finished, the groom having shown the bridal ring to the assembled witnesses, placed it upon the finger of the bride, repeating, as he did so, the following words in the Hebrew tongue: Behold, thou art welded to me, with this ring, aceordingto the law of Moses and of Israel"
 When all had resumed their places, the Rabbi continued the services with the cantil- lation of the seven blessings, receiving sec ond glass of wine to be crushed in token of the Keddushin (setting apart) of the woman to be the wife of one man. Again every whisper was hushed, as the voice of the Rabbi repeat ed the text of the seven benedictions Bless ed art Thou, O Lord, our God, King of the Universe, who created the fruit of the vine! Blessed art thou, o Lord. our God; King of the Universe who has created everything for thy gloryI Blessed art thou, Lord, our God King of the universe; who hast formed man after thy image, in the image and like ness of thy form, and prepared unto him from himself an everlasting fabric Blessed art thou, o Lord, our God; King of the uni verse who formest man!" And so on, each blessing repeating the same form of lnvoca- ton as in the opening passage, and conclud- ing with some special attribute of the creative energy conceived in it's relation to human af- fairs As the cantillation ceased report or breaking disturbed the silence for an instant, and the voice of the Rabbi was again heard the text of an appropriate psalm.