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sheva brakhot

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

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

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

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

Kavanot (Orientations) for the Seven Wedding Benedictions

By Rabbi David Sulomm Stein and Shulamit Sulomm Gehlfuss | Prayer

Taken from traditional sources and intended to be read prior to each of the seven wedding blessings [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: sheva brakhot

Abbreviated Sheva Brachot

Adapted by Lori Lefkovitz | Reading

Suitable for pluralistic or non-religious ceremonies [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: sheva brakhot

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

Trans/Gender Queer Jewish Wedding Service

By Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla | Complete Ceremony

A ritual template for creating a Jewish wedding service that celebrates gender and sexual diversity [more]

Found In: Weddings & Commitment Ceremonies

Tags: erusin, ketubah, kiddushin, LGBTIQ, same-sex wedding, sheva brakhot