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black wedding

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A 19th century Ashkenazi ritual involving a wedding between two orphans that takes place in a graveyard, intended to assist in ending an epidemic.

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  • Yiddish: שוואַרצע חתונה (shvartse khasene) — Jewish wedding taking place in a cemetery
  • Yiddish: כאָלערע חתונה (kholere khasene) — Jewish wedding taking place in a cemetery