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

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

But, tovah623, you are also fully left-handed; you could wear a wedding ring and still put on t'filin.

Also, for debka_notion, in the wedding ceremony the ring is placed on the bride's index finger. And, not every married person wears a ring.

Huzzah!

The Vortex

[tovah623.livejournal.com]

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

...though the association with the pasuk is definitely strong

I have also seen it on some wedding invitations/ketubot.

Huzzah!

The Vortex