100 Friday, September 11, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Wedding Candlelighting Custom Is Explained walking the groom or bride (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) down the aisle. The attendants at a wed- Generally speaking, ding customarily carry can- every Jewish occasion with dies in their hands when religious inference requires light to indicate that occa- sions are to be considered and carried out with under- standing and intellectual awareness and not in dark- ness and mystery. The candles also indicate the presence of life by their active flickering. The hope By RABBI SAMUEL FOX We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year taron rmn run . ALAN, NOREEN & SAMANTHA KLEIN to all our friends A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family and relatives MR. & MRS. SIMON LEFKOWITZ . THE LEFKOFSKY FAMILY BILL, SANDY, JODI, STEVE & ERIC larmn '711115 r11‘13`2 to all our friends and relatives May the coming year be one filled with health, happiness and prosperity for all our Friends, Family and Customers EYE & BERNIE MARKOFSKY is that the marriage will be an active experience and not a passive reflection alone. It is also claimed that since there are two guides it means that two candles will accompany both groom and bride. Twice the Hebrew term for candle has the same equivalent numerically as the expression "Pru Urvu." This is the com- mandment to "multiply and increase" which sig- nifies that one of the pur- poses of marriage is the procreation of the spe- cies. In some places everyone who is involved in the mar- riage such as relatives, carry candles. Such an ac- tion implies that the act of marriage does not only af- fect the bride and groom but all relatives and friends who are involved with the couple. Lamm ram to all our friends We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year DAVE, SANDY, LISA & HOWARD HALPERN We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year INEZ & MEL KEPES Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness BRUCE & HEDY JACOBSON & SETH Wishing all our family and friends a year of health and happiness THE YOLLICKS May the coming LESTER, GERTRUDE, STEVEN & MARSHA year be filled with health and happiness for To All Our Relatives and Friends, Our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity all our family and friends LINDA & HARVEY ZALLA, LISA & STEVEN DAVID, FANNY & GAIL SILVER laron rvall3 mu'? to all and relatives HARVEY, BRENDA & JEFFREY VINTON MRS. ANNME ROBINSON, ELLEN ROBINSON, DOROTHY & ROBERT HACK We wish our .family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year THE SCHNEYERS SHERWIN, MARSHA, DAVID & JEFFREY May the New Year Bring We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year To All Our Friends Health, GAIL, LAUREN & DAYNA SHAPIRO Joy, Prosperity We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year and Everything MR. & MRS. ARTHUR SIEGEL Good in Life We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year 1 A Very Happy and Healthy New Year to All Our Friends and Family our friends We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous New Year THE SOLOMONS LINDA, BILL, JEFFREY & DANNY TED, HELENE, BOB & JUDI GRANT GEORGE AND RUTH AARON ill V? and relatives Emery, Natalie, Terri, Michel & Rob EMERY'S JEWELRY and Family We wish our family and friends a very healthy, happy and prosperous ° New Year SOL & CHANNIE ZEILER VICKI, MOSHE, ITZY & SHIFRA LARRY WIZEL & FAMILY Pompano Beach, Fla. 1111111111110N1W9111=1 May the coming year be one filled with health, happiness and prosperity for all our friends and family. JOE & ELLEN ROSENBLUM To All Our Relatives and Friends, Our wish for a year filled with happiness, health and prosperity JANE & RON KOENIGSBERG JONATHON & MICHAEL