Tfillin and Marriage Symbols

[debka_notion]

Just noticed this morning that not only do we recite psukim (verses) about being bethrothed to G-d while wrapping tfillin straps around our fingers, we then go on to wrap the strap around the ring where people contemporarily wear wedding rings. I wonder if there was some influence, although I very much doubt it. But it was a striking sort of coincidence.

I wonder if that affects how married Jews feel about their rings and/or about their tfillin. (Input, anyone?)

Comments

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

So I'm told by some European (which includes Israeli) men.

[fleurdelis28.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I remember someone or other telling me that in the U.S. wearing the ring on one's right hand represents a homosexual commitment that one is upset the law doesn't recognize.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

I think I remember you telling me about this before, along with the context. In any case, this is probably a fairly (read: extremely) recent innovation and not likely to be widely known.