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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.

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Harei Ani: Vows

By Orrin Wolpert | Ritual Component

A new legal formulation for kinyan as acceptance, rather than purchase [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding, vows

Sheva Brachot

By Orrin Wolpert | Ritual Component

Seven wedding blessings adapted for two men [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding, sheva brakhot

Egalitarian Tena'im

By Orrin Wolpert | Ritual Component

Written for two men; adaptable for any two partners [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: Ecclesiastes, LGBTIQ, tenaim

Intermarriage

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

A look at the sociological and demographic implications of intermarriage in the Jewish community along with things a prospective interfaith couple should know about Jewish attitudes, family, rabbinic officiation, the ceremony, negotiating the Jewish community after the wedding, and conversion [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: interfaith

Brit Ger Toshav (Covenant of a Resident Stranger) and Brit Nisuin (Covenant of Marriage)

By Rabbi Myron Kinberg, z"l | Document

A certificate by which a non-Jew joins his/her fate to the Jewish people without formally converting and a marriage contract for a Jew and a ger toshav (resident stranger) [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: interfaith

A Wedding Guide for a Traditional Feminist Wedding

By Rabbi Susan Paula Fendrick and Benjamin Avram Kruskal | Complete Ceremony

Sue and Ben wrote a "verbose but helpful guide" to their wedding which is both traditional and egalitarian (incorporating both kiddushin and shutafut). [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: wedding program

A Traditional Egalitarian Wedding Guide

By Mike and Kyra Schuster-Scheinberg | Complete Ceremony

An informative wedding booklet which walks the reader through all the traditional elements of a wedding ceremony [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: wedding program

Traditional Egalitarian Wedding Guide 2

By Julie Sissman and Phil Richter | Complete Ceremony

A wedding booklet describing one couple's choices for a traditional-egalitarian wedding [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: wedding program

Seudat Mitzvah (The Wedding Meal)

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

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Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

A Bride's Prayer on Behalf of Agunot

Prayer

There is a folk tradition that the gates of heaven are particularly open to the prayers of the bride and groom. In some communities, wedding couples are handed small pieces of paper prior to the processional on which personal prayers are written. They read these prayers as they walk down the aisle and while circling one another. This prayer is offered in that tradition. [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: agunah