Is there dancing at a divorcee's wedding

Question

When a divorcee gets remarried, is there dancing at the wedding or is this prohibited?

Answer 1

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The Talmud prescribes extra blessings to be said at any after-parties held several days after the wedding; if it's an "encore wedding" (as Miss Manners would say), that period is a few days shorter.

But as for the dancing at the wedding itself, it's really a matter of taste decided by the people involved. My impression is the most common thing is to have dancing, but a much smaller crowd. (My father once attended a second marriage where the emcee announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time, Mr. & Mrs. Joe Schwartz!"¹ and my father thought - er um, no not really.) I spoke with a very seasoned rabbi who said he's seen second weddings that ranged from very quiet affairs to all-out bashes on par with a typical first wedding.

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