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From: martillo@csd2.UUCP (Joachim Martillo)
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Subject: Re: throwing candy
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 09:37:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 09:37:00 1985
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Throwing candy at the Hatan when called up  for `aliyat hehatan  is an
old Sefardi custom which is the fulfilment of  a Judeo-Spanish proverb
to the effect that when a man  remembers the sweetest day  of his life
he remembers the day of  his  marriage.  I believe  the refranero is a
translation of a statement  in the 'Agadah  and will try  to track  it
down.

For Sefardim `aliyat hehatan comes after the  wedding which is more in
accord with   Jewish  ideas  about  marriage   and   which discourages
honeymoons which are foreign to Jewish tradition and which are founded
in  a concept of  sexuality quite  abhorrent to Jewish thought.  Every
Hakam or Rabbi whom  I have seen comment on  this issue have condemned
the practice of honeymoon.