(Traustein)
A stone built in the corner of the building facing the inner synagogue courtyard, against which the groom would throw a glass and shatter it at the end of the wedding ceremony.
Many synagogues in Germany were constructed with a built-in Traustein, or “marriage stone” at a corner of the building facing the inner synagogue courtyard; at the end of the wedding ceremony, the groom would throw a glass goblet and shatter it against the stone.
Why we break the glass at Jewish weddings
“Chuppasteine/Hochzeitssteine an Synagogen eine Zusammenstellung.” Alemannia Judaica – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Erforschung der Geschichte der Juden im Süddeutschen und Angrenzenden Raum Stand, 30 Jun. 2020.
Davidovitch, David. “Jewish Marriage Customs: Ketubot, Sivlonot and ‘Marriage Stones’.” ARIEL: The Israeli Review of Arts and Letters, edited by T. Carmi, vol. 30, spring, Jerusalem: Cultural and Scientific Relations Division and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1972, pp. 70-89.
Feuchtwanger-Sarig, Naomi. “Der Traustein an der Urspringer Synagoge – Beispiel fur einen Weitverbreiteten Brauch [“The Marriage Stone at the Urspringen Synagogue – An Example of a Widespread Custom].” Das Projekt Synagoge Urspringen: Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Landkreises Main-Spessart und des Forderkreises Synagoge Urspringen [The Urspringen Synagogue Project: Published on behalf of the District of Main-Spessart and the Forderkreis Synagogue Urspringen], ed. Herbert Bald, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 1993, pp. 53-7.
Wiesemann, Falk. “‘Masal Tow’ für Braut und Bräutigam [Mazal Tov for the Bride and Groom].” Der Davidstern – Zeichen der Schmach – Symbol der Hoffnung [The Star of David – Sign of Shame – Symbol of Hope], ed. Wolf Stegemann and Johanna Eichmann, Dorsten: Documentation Center for Jewish History and Religion, 1991, pp. 86-91.
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