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saw50st8

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:25 pm

Our ten year wedding anniversary is coming up. I just found the broken glass from our chupah.

Does anyone have anything interesting to do with it? I would love to give it to my husband for our anniversary (not as broken glass obviously).

Mimisinger

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:26 pm

There are lots of things you can do with it - I'll look for links, but they turn it into a mezuzah, or paper weight, and other things.

studying_torah

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:29 pm

I always wondered if it was right to make it into a fancy gift bec gifts should cause joy but this glass was zecher lechurban.

Mimisinger

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:29 pm

http://www.galleryjudaica.com/.....uct=7

http://www.galleryjudaica.com/.....s+Art

http://www.treasuredcollection.com

miami85

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:31 pm

Who saved it for you? I think my hall threw it away.

saw50st8

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:46 pm

miami85 wrote:

Who saved it for you? I think my hall threw it away.

I don't remember - maybe the caterer? He was pretty awesome. I made him daven every day that the weather would be good because I wanted to get married outdoors. His prayers paid off :-)

I found it in the back of a cabinet. Good timing!

saw50st8

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 9:48 pm

Mimisinger wrote:

http://www.galleryjudaica.com/product.aspx?product=7

http://www.galleryjudaica.com/.....s+Art

http://www.treasuredcollection.com

Thanks! Wow those are expensive....I need to think about that.

sky

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 10:16 pm

saw50st8 wrote:

Thanks! Wow those are expensive....I need to think about that.

I also have my glass in a little baggy next to my desk.
there are cheaper options:
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UT.....upx_b
http://www.galleryjudaica.com/.....uzahs

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 10:17 pm

We gave someone their chupah glass embedded in a Lucite glass. At first glance it was expensive but after a lot of googling I found a place that did a great job at a cheaper price. (Iirc, about $100)

jeweled

Mon, Jul 14 2014, 10:42 pm

We had no idea what happened to our glass. Then a year after the wedding, our friends gave us a plaque from the olive wood factory in Israel that said "im eshkachaich yerushalyim" a pic of the kotel our names and date of wedding with the broken glass glued over the pic of the kotel. Best anniversary gift! although if you are not in Israel or going there that might be out of the question.

Shiraz

Tue, Jul 15 2014, 9:02 pm

My mothers old friend took the peices and my wedding invitation and made a really nice picture and framed it and gave it to me as my wesding gift. It looks so nice hanging up on my wall.

amother

Tue, Jul 15 2014, 10:00 pm

Mil had a Mezuza made with our lass, but dh heard that you shouldn't use the glass for anything. I forget the reasoning but my guess I s because of zecher l churban.
Mil has asked why we don't use it but she isn't frum and we don't want to upset her.
Would love to find out if it could be used, but I'm pretty sure he asked our rav and he said no

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