Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "From the chuppah! From the chuppah! / Play louder fiddle, flutes! / Make way for the groom and bride! / May happiness accompany your love!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "The maiden becomes a bride soon / A chuppah is put in place / 'Behold! You are…' whispers Motel / And happy is his world!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the steps of the Jewish life cycle, starting from birth, through childhood to bar mitzvah, then marriage and children, ending with old age.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from Genesis 2:24 : "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a request under the chuppah. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Dear God, see the couple / Standing there under the chuppah / Give them everything that they desire / Give them everything that they request."
Black-and-white engravings depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews, above, and Ashkenazi Jews, below, in Amsterdam. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a Jewish marriage ceremony. Text excerpted from the Sheva Brachot : "Voices of joy and gladness, voices of groom and bride."
