Is your rabbi saying a blessing before your reception meal?

ckcurls · May 2010

I'm reform and I was wondering if it is tradition for Rabbis to say a blessing before the food is served at the reception? I remember this at my bat mitzvah but can't recall seeing this at any of the Jewish weddings I've been to. Did you ask your rabbi to say a blessing?

october010bride · May 2010

Our rabbi won't be attending our ceremony so we were planning on having fi's grandfather do it.

goldgold · May 2010

Ours is and he's a conservative rabbi if it makes a difference. It's just the bread and wine he's doing. We're going to do a short birchot after.

2dBride · May 2010

Our rabbi did not attend the reception. A guest (my former husband, actually) gave ha-motzi.

vlevitt · May 2010

FI and i are doing ha motzi before the meal. we are bensching with a small group at the end of the meal.

v.

Rachiemoo · May 2010

my brother and grandfather did the hamotzi.

slbriz34 · May 2010

Seems like you are referring to hamotzi - if you rabbi is there, you can give him the honor, many choose to give the honor to a family member or pivotal close friend. The rabbi who will marry us will be in attendance at our reception, however another rabbi - who has been instrumental to me - will be doing the blessing. As we near the end of the reception, anyone who is interested will join on in benching, we are going to rely on both to lead it.