From Miss to Mrs: The Bedeken

The Bedeken, or veiling, is a tradition that stems from the biblical story of Jacob, Rachael, and Leah. In case you're not one to remember religious stories, Isaac worked for Rachael's father for several years, and based on their agreement he and Rachael were finally able to marry. Except after the ceremony he lifted his bride's veil to find that he instead had married her older sister, Leah. Although there is still a happy ending, since he was able to marry his chosen bride, Rachael, after several more years of labor.
Since then Jewish weddings have traditionally had a bedeken, where the groom places the veil over his bride to ensure that the one walking down the aisle is the one he wants to marry. Hence the reason the groom seeing the bride before the wedding isn't bad luck with Jewish weddings. After all, he's supposed to see his bride first to make sure he's marrying the right person.
While I think most grooms would easily notice the wrong brides going down the aisle, it is a fun tradition to carry out. And while I knew I wanted to do one, I don't think most Jewish brides have them unless they are quite religious.
At first the boy threw my blusher over my face, but after I gave him a hard time he attempted to lower my veil more gracefully, which is what you see in the second photo above. From here I was officially veiled, and we were finally ready to get married!
What traditional aspects did you choose to include into your wedding day? And has anyone heard of a bedeken before?

All photos in this post courtesy of Sabree Hill Photography.
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