So I’m at this wedding today and I noticed something really funny. It was a very diverse wedding featuring all sorts of Jews and non-Jews. Many of the Jews were folks who had put on yarmulkes just for the wedding. The chupah was held in the sanctuary of the Great Neck Synagogue and they have those stadium seating style chairs which make you want to plop into as if you were doing a shul version of the belly flop. You don’t actually sit, you just aim your butt between the two arm rests and as you fall you let out a sigh that sounds like you had just been holding your bladder for the last 2 days.
Upon sitting down the sitter puts both arms onto the chairs on the side of him and starts talking about the food. But not at this wedding, I sat in the women’s section- which I only found out was so after the chupah because there was no visible mechitza. Anyway from my vantage point I could watch as countless folks sat down and immediately threw their hands up to deflect the yarmulke which had already fallen off their heads due to lack of clamping devices such as bobby pins and clips.
I don’t know if anyone else was getting such a kick out of something so common, but I was predicting whose yarmulke would fall off next. It always happened the same way, man plops into chair and then up go the hands usually to his bald head with hair on the sides, hair also acts as a clamping device and allows the yarmulke to be fastened easier to the head.
17 responses so far ↓
1 Mikeinmidwood // Jun 22, 2008 at 9:01 pm
hair also acts as a clamping device and allows the yarmulke to be fastened easier to the head.
lol!
(there were more funny parts too.
2 esther // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:30 am
i was at that wedding too,my husband recognized you (i once showed him a video of yours). it was a very nice wedding, good food, beautiful decor, & mixed dancing!
3 heimish in bp // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:54 am
oy vey!
4 heshman // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:40 am
Esther I would hardly call that mixed dancing- I would call it dancing that got mixed up. Mixed dancing would have meant couples could dance.
What did they have for desert- I had to leave early.
Ariel is a big fan of mine by the way- throws a lot of ideas my way.
5 heimish in bp // Jun 23, 2008 at 9:56 am
and did anyone stop couples from dancing? Was there a big poster “NO COUPLE DANCING!”
6 esther // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:17 am
they had tiramisu, layered choc. cake, and apple cobbler, and after dessert the couple had a dance, and then other couples were dancing, it was great!
7 Batya // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:31 am
I remember when they built the bleachers, oops! Ezrat Nashim. We tried to sit in the front row, not because we were important, but because sitting in the upper rows meant that our knees were exposed. Skirts were pretty short way back then.
8 heshman // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:39 am
Batya are you talking about the Great Neck synagogue? Really nice place indeed- great food- one of the first times that I had an amazing main meal- usually the reception is good and the main meal sucks.
Desert sounds amazing- a shame my date had to leave.
9 s(b.) // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:07 pm
–Was there a big poster “NO COUPLE DANCING!”–
I have one of those in my bedroom.
10 heshman // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:10 pm
SB thats because if hippies danced together it shows they would knock peoples teeth out with all the hand and arm swaying.
11 s(b.) // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:18 pm
mm, hmm. yes, my bedroom is my favorite concert venue. what is liquid tension experiment, anyway? I hope your date was better than apple cobbler. I dated an apple cobbler, once. :will not make jokes about peyos tickling: ((dudes with peyot who wash them regularly))
12 heshman // Jun 23, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Um Liquid Tension Experiment is a Dream Theater side project- featuring the bassist from King Crimson- look them up- its one night 2 shows and thats it for another 10 years
13 Batya // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:16 pm
heshman, yes the GNS
14 s(b.) // Jun 23, 2008 at 10:48 pm
oh, man! If my friend’s professional licensing exam wasn’t early Wednesday morning, he’d totally be all over that. That should be really good (I find DT’s lead singer’s vocals annoying, but the band is very talented).
15 Redhead // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Great post!
This reminded me of a rebbe that I had in day school. When we were outside for recess (oh, the good ole days of recess!) the boys would always remove their yarmulkas and put them in thier pockets so that they wouldn’t fall off. If this particular rebbe was on recess duty, he would scream, “ploni, you’re naked!” to get the kids to put their yarmulkas on!
And while we’re talkiung yarmulkas, what is with the dispodable ones that all of the Chabad shuls have in the little baskets at the entrances? Do the people who wear those actually think no one can tell they just put it on? I mean, please, you might as well wear a coffee filter!
Hesh, have you posted about different yarmulkas and thier symbolism?
16 Redhead // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:02 pm
why is my comment not posting???
17 chevramaidel // Jul 2, 2008 at 12:50 am
My son was once telling me about his history teacher(by the way, probably the best teacher he ever had).He described hm as “you know, one of those pink-yarmulke Jews”. We’ve all seen them-the shiny satin yarmulke with the printing on it, “Bar Mitzvah of Mark Goldberg, May 4, 1975″.
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