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Here is a true story how a chapter of Jeremiah saved a wedding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack and Jessica’s (not their real names) wedding day was approaching. Everything was ready for the big event. The only unresolved issue was Jessica\u2019s refusal to keep the custom of walking around the groom at the wedding ceremony. In Jessica’s eyes, the custom of circling seven times around the groom was archaic. Her parents suggested that she discuss the issue further with her scholarly grandfather.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0“Grandpa, why should I walk around my husband under the <\/span>chuppah<\/span><\/i>? This custom is from a time when women were not permitted to have their own aspirations. The circling around the groom signifies that the main role of a woman in a marriage is to fulfill her husband’s desires. And notice, grandpa, that her needs were not considered important enough for the man to circle her. This is unfair!\u00a0 And this is the reason why I refuse to circle around Jack, even once, let alone seven times!”<\/span><\/p>\n

“My dear Jessica, I wish to teach you a chapter of Jeremiah that might allow you to see the custom in a new light. God sent the Assyrians to exile the Northern Tribes of Israel. One hundred years later, as recorded in Jeremiah chapter 31, God implored the ten northern tribes to return to the land of Israel. “Erect markers, Set up signposts\u2026 Return, Maiden Israel! Return to these towns of yours!” However, the exiled northern tribes did not wish to return simply because Jeremiah said that God is waiting for them. They were waiting for God to perform a miracle, just as he did when he redeemed Israel from Egypt. They argued that God was the one who sent them away, and therefore he should be the one to bring them back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah responds to their arguments with a prophecy. <\/span>“For the LORD has created something new on earth: a woman courts a man.”<\/span> Jeremiah foresaw a time when women will not need to wait passively for men to call on them. Jeremiah was telling the Northern Tribes to be proactive, instead of waiting for God to make the first move. Just as these liberated women of the future will determine their own fate, the tribes of Israel should not wait for God to redeem them. They should take responsibility over their fate.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“The literal Hebrew translation of the words “a woman will court a man” is “a woman will encircle a man”. I think that the custom of the groom encircling the bride is based on these words. The bride circling around her husband embodies the message which Jeremiah gave the Northern Tribes of Israel. With this in mind, think about the custom again.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica encircled her husband seven times under the <\/span>chuppah<\/span><\/i>. For each rotation, she focused on one of the lessons she had learned from her grandfather’s teaching of Jeremiah’s prophecy: Activism, Zionism, Feminism, Equality, Innovation, Reunion, and Partnership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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