As I said, I'm inclusive. In the old days the parents were 'being freed of the burden' of marrying off their children and so the last was special. I feel that being the parents of a child that is being married is an honor and should be treated as such, be it the first, middle, last, 2 children in one wedding, etc., etc.
I think that's the best way, to respect, honor and understand the tradition and the reason for it, while interpreting it in light of today's mores where most parents would not think that the oldest daughter has to be married first, etc. Dick Rosenberg > > >I don't necessarily restrict it to mother and father - we played a Bar > >Mitzvah recently where the parents of the Bar Mitzvah boy were Alice and > >Margaret). > > Ah, but more important, was their last child being married (otherwise 100% > in agreement)? :-). > > ari > > > > Ari Davidow > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > list owner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] the klezmer shack: http://www.klezmershack.com/ ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
