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Honoring Relationship Milestones

As our relationships grow and deepen, many of us seek to celebrate these changes. We offer blessings and rituals to sanctify the complexity of our intimate relationships and celebrate their resilience.
Photo by Rabbi Roni Handler.

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

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

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

From Dowries to Smashed Dishes

By Herb Geduld | Article

Origins of practices and the simplification of the betrothal-marriage process [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: engagement, tenaim

Tena'im

By Joshua Yan and Alison Engel | Document

The Tenaim document, a prewedding contract of the conditions on which the marriage will stand, is an Ashkenazic tradition of engagement. Here is one example. [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: tenaim

Self-Authored Tena'im

By Rabbi James I. Greene and Jennifer S. Corman | Document

Created by a bride and groom in their personal spirit, with an exchange of gifts fulfilling the tradition of kinyan, the "bride price" [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: Psalm 104, Song of Songs, tenaim

Tena'im (Engagement) Ceremony

By Joshua Yan and Alison Engel | Complete Ceremony

A tena'im ceremony based on a traditional version but using a new tena'im contract spelling out the couple's mutual obligations in marriage [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: engagement, tenaim

A Blessing for a First Sexual Experience

By Rabbi Rona Shapiro | Article

Although Judaism offers myriad blessings for every event, there has traditionally been no way to mark one's first sexual experience. The author discusses the need for such a blessing and offers a possibility. [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: sex, shehekheyanu

A Sanctification

By Rabbi James I. Greene | Complete Ceremony

A ritual written by a groom which can be adopted by any couple [more]

Found In: Honoring Relationship Milestones

Tags: kiddush, sex, shehekheyanu