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amother

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:06 pm

This sounds dumb, but my daughter is getting married and I would like to buy a very thin glass plate to break at the tanaaim.

My husband came home with a thick white ceramic plate from Dollar Tree. He asked me to practice and I hit the plate with all my might against our back porch rail - nothing! He kept telling me to hit it harder, that this is the plate the wedding planner recommended. I kept hitting and it made a very loud noise but didn't break. Of course he tried it and it smashed to bits (I should mention my husband's arms resemble the Hulk's). He couldn't believe I couldn't break it.

I have seen 2 mothers trying in vain (awkwardly as they each try to grab one end of the plate) to break thick plates.

Where can I buy a very thin and easily breakable plate?

provent

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:08 pm

Where are you located

avrahamama

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:08 pm

This is an adorable thread. I'm very good at breaking plates at home. Hatzlazha, and mazal tov.

amother

Bronze

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:11 pm

avrahamama wrote:

This is an adorable thread. I'm very good at breaking plates at home. Hatzlazha, and mazal tov.

Especially when I’m pregnant 😝

amother

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:11 pm

avrahamama wrote:

This is an adorable thread. I'm very good at breaking plates at home. Hatzlazha, and mazal tov.

Ha! So true! My husband said I would be able to easily break the plate if I was angry and hitting him over the head, which is a great idea! I suggested we break the plate over his head at the wedding. I'm sure no one will think twice, as long as it gets broken!

giselle

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:14 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I can see this becoming a new minhag...

amother

Amethyst

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:17 pm

https://www.thekallahwhisperer.....lates

Scroll down to plates-- http://www.jewish-history.com/......html

https://www.greekmarket.com/2691-15001.html

amother

Mustard

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 4:26 pm

I won't tell you how long it took me to break the plate for one of our kids. We do it at the chasuna so that we didn't have to provide it. It was wrapped in a napkin. One of the caterer's ceramic plates.
Mazel tov!

amother

Cobalt

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 5:22 pm

Isnt it easier to break bone china or porcelain than ceramic ( all the cheap ones or the caterers commercial heavy duty ones)?

Also I bet an engineer could tell you how to hit it at an exact angle to break easily.

amother

Violet

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 7:29 pm

China is better than glass though the shards can still slice your finger. Forget breaking a plate on the back of a chair or whatever nonsensical thing they tell you to do. (We did this at my ds chasunah and I had to smile for the pix as my finger was bleeding into the napkin.)

Get a nice hefty hammer--not the silly dollar-store "toys" with screwdrivers in the handle, but a real baal-melochadik number, the heavier the better. Wrap the handle and the head in ribbons or braid or decorate with fabric paint to match your color scheme. Hold ribbons or braid in place with a bit of hot glue at each end. Put the plate, well-wrapped in a napkin with the open part facing downwards, on a table. Put the plate face down so it arcs over the table, not right-side-up as if you were going to eat off it. That's where we went wrong at my next dc chasunah. You and your machatenesteh each put one hand on the handle, raise the hammer high and bring it down smartly and with force on the plate.

Of course thin china or porcelain is easier to break, but it's more expensive, and since the caterer usually supplies the plate, it's going to be durable restaurantware, not delicate fine china. If you have the remnants of an old set you don't care about, go ahead and bring your own dish.

amother

Babyblue

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 7:38 pm

Lol love this thread.
Does anyone know the source of this minhag btw?

amother

Mistyrose

Sun, Jul 26 2020, 7:44 pm

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Dont throw it down on the floor either. My mother broke her toe once, when they threw it on her foot instead. She literally couldnt dance by the wedding!

amother

Cobalt

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 11:47 am

amother [ Violet ] wrote:

Get a nice hefty hammer--not the silly dollar-store "toys" with screwdrivers in the handle, but a real baal-melochadik number, the heavier the better. Wrap the handle and the head in ribbons or braid or decorate with fabric paint to match your color scheme. Hold ribbons or braid in place with a bit of hot glue at each end.

Lol! Gemach idea anyone??? Totally needed. Universal problem for the new mil's at all frum weddings LOL

BatyaEsther

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 12:08 pm

Love the hammer idea.

amother

Cerise

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 12:14 pm

I have seen the decorated hammer used a few times. seems to work great

amother

Cobalt

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 12:25 pm

And maybe the gemach can buy old mismatched porcelain or bone china plates off ebay to go with the hammer Hooray

amother

Violet

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 1:23 pm

amother [ Cobalt ] wrote:

Lol! Gemach idea anyone??? Totally needed. Universal problem for the new mil's at all frum weddings LOL

I would have gladly lent mine out, but it's the hammer we use for the usual tasks such as hanging pix and fixing things. The ribbons and braid all came off to be repurposed later, and the hammer went back into the tool chest with its friends. Should I be zocheh to attend my dgc weddings, I'll BN volunteer to supply the decorated hammer. Decorating it was rather fun.

amother

Honeydew

Mon, Jul 27 2020, 1:39 pm

Maybe you can find some old household china at a thrift store, such a Goodwill. It's not a bad idea - the plate-breaking at my wedding was a comedy scene! Eventually the rabbi helped bash it against something.

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