[Avodah] Consumer Alert: Minhog Scams On The Rise!

[Moshe Y. Gluck]

Paraphrasing R' AM:
Perhaps it is comparable to the practice of making simple and inexpensive
weddings. I have heard many people comment about a fancy wedding that it run
counter to Jewish values, but this is arguably untrue. My understanding is
that for thousands of years, Jewish weddings were very fancy affairs,
according great dignity to the chosson and kallahr. So much so that it came
about that many families, when they were unable to afford such a wedding,
simply abandoned their relatives to rot without any wedding at all. Because
of this, R' _____________ set a precedent of making a simple wedding, and
thus was the minhag changed.

Thus, I understand simple weddings to NOT be an inherent good in Judaism. It
was adopted as a policy to avoid the situation that existed in R'
______________'s day, but that doesn't change the *theoretical* ideal
wedding being a fancy wedding. Yet people *perceive* the Jewish ideal to be
a simple wedding.
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Anyone want to fill in the blank?

:-)

KT,
MYG