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Sanctifying Intimate Relationships

Intimate relationships bring two people together in a unique emotional and physical connection. This is something to celebrate, whether through the public festivity of a wedding, or in the private reflection of immersion in the mikveh. Sanctifying our intimate relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.

Photo by Jordan Cassway

New Erusin/Betrothal Blessing

Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz | Ritual Component

A new version of erusin focusing on the vulnerability of intimacy and the holiness of committed relationships. [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: erusin

A New Seven Blessings

Rabbi Amber Powers | Ritual Component

Seven blessings to offer at a wedding loosely based on the traditional sheva brakhot [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: interfaith, sheva brakhot

Prayer for Change

Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer | Prayer

Looking forward to a day when all loving couples can rejoice under the huppah in a marriage recognized by federal and state law [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ

Kabbalat Panim

Rabbis Rachel Weiss, Roni Handler, & Isabel de Koninck | Complete Ceremony

A ritual meant for a couple to really see each other, as if for the first time, on their wedding day [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: bedecken, handwashing, LGBTIQ

Renewing the Marital Promise: Reyim Ahuvim

Renée S. Septimus | Complete Ceremony

A Jewish version of renewing vows to celebrate an anniversary or life change or to re-commit after a particular trying time or marital crisis [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones, Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: anniversary, mezuzah, shehekheyanu , sheva brakhot, vows

Tisch - Gratitude, Appreciation and Anticipation

Joan Bayliss | Complete Ceremony

A contemporary tisch focused on bringing grateful awareness to the wedding day [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: Rabbi Shefa Gold, Song of Songs, tisch

When, Where and Whom

Article

When, under traditional Jewish law, you can get married and when you cannot, where to hold a wedding, and whom to invite [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Officiants

Article

Who can officiate at a wedding? How do you find them, and what should you ask? [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Checklist

Article

A checklist for planning a wedding [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Etiquette for Guests

Article

What to wear, what to bring, what to do as a wedding guest [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies