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Tena'im

By Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman and Rabbi Renee Bauer | Document

A new tena'im (engagement) document for same-gender and mixed-gender couples [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: LGBTIQ, tenaim

Lesbian Wedding

Rosanne Leipzig and Judy Mable | Article

An article about the couple's process of creating their wedding ceremony [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding

A Blessing for Two Women on the Occasion of Their Wedding

By Rabbi Leila Gal Berner | Prayer

A blessing to be read to two women under their chuppah [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding

A Traditional Lesbian Wedding

By Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann | Complete Ceremony

Kathy, Joyce and their rabbi found innovative ways to rework the traditional wedding ceremony to suit their needs as two women. [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding

Nissuin (Nuptials)

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

The text of the blessings in Hebrew and translation, an explantion, feminist considerations, two alternative same-sex texts and an additional prayer for heterosexual couples to add for same-sex partners whose love is not yet sanctified and recognized in the same way. [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding, sheva brakhot

A Lesbian Havdalah Wedding

By Judy & Chris | Complete Ceremony

This beautiful Covenant of Love ceremony begins with havdalah and is filled with personal expressions of love and well-chosen readings. This ceremony is both a good example of how a lesbian couple reckoned with tradition and also how to make a ceremony extremely personal. [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding

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

Spilling out Wine: A New Wedding Blessing

By Deborah Eisenbach-Budner | Ritual Component

Under the chuppah, a heterosexual couple expressed their sadness for the inequitable status of same-sex couples. [more]

Found In: Pursuing Justice, Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: LGBTIQ, sheva brakhot