On Tamuz 5 (June 7) a ceremony of wort of Yom-Tov Shufotinskiy and Leora Pustovaya has been held in Krivoy Rog. Relatives of Yom-Tov and Leora were present at the ceremony which was held in the Beis Stern Schullmann Synagogue restaurant. The chief rabbi of Krivoy Rog Liron Ederi congratulated the young and said he was very happy that one more Jewish family will soon appear in the community. The fathers of Leora and Yom-Tov Chaim and Vladimir also congratulated them and wished them love and happiness.
Then the central moment of the wort came – the traditional ritual of kinyan as a sign that the two firmly decided to create a Jewsih family. Yom-Tov raised the gartl (the prayer belt of men) symbolizing the responsibility undertaken by him. After that the gartl was given to Leora and she raised it as well to show she takes the family responsibility too. After that the mother of Leora Chana Pustovaya and and the mother of Yom-Tov Galina Shufotinskaya broke a plate. This ritual has several meanings. First, it reminds us of the destroyed Temple. Moreover the broken plate symbolizes the irreversibility of the decision made like a broken plate cannot be put to its former condition.
Mazel Tov!
