Henna at Jewish Weddings

Henna at Jewish Weddings

Henna is a vegetable-based dye used to temporarily color skin and more permanently dye hair. Jews from the Middle East and South Asia — places like Morocco, Algeria, Iran, Iraq and Yemen — have long incorporated it into wedding celebrations, just like many of their non-Jewish neighbors. Jews have given the widely popular henna ceremony their own twist, incorporating it into other Jewish marriage rituals.A traditional henna ceremony is held a few…