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Wednesday. June 13, 2001 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER E3 7 Children lend their hands to a wedding Lucia Hemdon 7177tt Family A fabric pieces that the children glued into place. "It's fitting that handprints be incorporated into the design," Hurvich said. "In our tradition, hands are a sign of protection." It was unclear during Monday's printing session whether the tots were aware of tradition and symbols. To them, it might have been just a good reason to intentionally get their hands in the paint.

But each one Danny and Jessica, Max and Haley, and all the other children have made themselves a part of Rabbi Feldman's life. They won't be at her wedding next week, but their work will be a witness to thousands of years of tradition. Children, paint and wedding tradition sounds like a design for disaster. But Rabbi Jennifer Feld-man, an assistant rabbi at the Germantown Jewish Centre, was adamant. She often visits the day-care classes at the center and reads stories to the children.

She was sure she wanted them to play a part in her wedding next week in Maryland even if they wouldn't be attending. Together with teacher Lisa Gave, the idea of a chuppah with lots of child input was born. (A chuppah Hebrew for "to cover" is the ceremonial canopy that a couple stands under during the marriage rite.) Gave knows her way around toddlers, and on Monday each child was covered with a plastic for the children's participation in her wedding after seeing a bookcase they had decorated. "The bookcase basically was covered with handprints of the children," said Gave, who teaches the infant-toddler class at the synagogue's day-care center. "She asked if the children's work could be incorporated into the chuppah." Elizheva Hurvich, who has studied Jewish history and traditions, says the chuppah symbolizes the tent, in ancient days the first home for many married couples.

It is held aloft by a pole at each corner, and traditionally the poles are held by the couple's friends and family members. This canopy includes not only the children's handprints, but a star as the center motif. Each point of the star is a collage of Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones (center) and David Duchovny star in "Evolution," which came in at No. 4 in its opening week. Dox Office Weaka Par Urt Weak Total Creaa Out Ucatioa million $18,1 milliort 1 $6,776 ,.18.5 rnWion 176-t minion 14.7 million 144.0 million 3 WocliondTop Ton RanknthStudle Swordflsli IWariwr Bros.) 2 Shrok (DwamWartw) 3.

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It seemed like a moment to shout Mazel Tov! When all is done, 68 children between the ages of 1 and 5 will have helped in the making of the chuppah. Rabbi Feldman got the idea lip, Stand Up" expanded the message of "Sunday Bloody Sunday." And the thrilling "Bad" inspired Bono to quote a bit of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses." The band did everything possible to show it had learned from its '90s transgressions. There were none of the Pop-mart Tour's floating lemons, no fireworks. And though the visuals were spectacular particularly the screens that showed a woman dancing in silhouette during "Mysterious Ways" and trippy lighting sequences of "Desire" the whole presentation, even the heart-shaped ramp that jutted into the crowd, was minimal. Somewhere in the middle of the set, after U2 had dispensed with its current album, Bono got on the soapbox to introduce "Stay (Faraway, So from 1993's Zooropa.

He explained that the song was from a "period when people say we got all arty on ya, got a little 'out and became a little defensive. "I think we found some very interesting bits and pieces Nielsen Prime-Time Ratings A national survey of network TV shows June 4 to 10. A rating is the percentage of households with TVs tuned to a show. A rating point equals 1,022,000 households. A share is the percentage of sets In use tuned to a show.

while we were out there," he said, sticking up for the band's '90s output. This time Bono was right. With the help of Edge's trembling guitars, "Stay" became a bittersweet elegy, a rare moment of genuine subtlety. After that respite the only selection from the so-called experimental era U2 went back to its hammering hits in rapid succession. All were rendered competently, but the evening felt markedly different from previous outings.

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