Spilling out Wine: A New Wedding Blessing
Under the huppah, a heterosexual couple expressed their sadness for the inequitable status of same-sex couples
Abbreviated Sheva Berakhot
Suitable for pluralistic or non-religious ceremonies
Trans/Gender Queer Jewish Wedding Service
A ritual template for creating a Jewish wedding service that celebrates gender and sexual diversity
From Dowries to Smashed Dishes
Origins of practices and the simplification of the betrothal-marriage process
Tena’im
True and certain, established and enduring, fair and faithful, beloved and cherished, delightful and pleasant, awesome and powerful, correct and accepted, good and beautiful is this affirmation to us forever […]
Self-Authored Tena’im
Created by a bride and groom in their personal spirit, with an exchange of gifts fulfilling the tradition of kinyan, the “bride price”
Tena’im (Engagement) 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
We Immerse in the Waters of Eden
U-sh’avtem mayim b’sasson mimay’nei ha-y’shuah. “Joyfully shall you draw water from the fountains redemption ” (Isaiah 12:3). Water is God’s Life-force. Water is God’s gift to us. Water cleanses, washing […]
Ketubah (Wedding Contract)
An article about the ketubah, or wedding contract, which describes its history, new ketubot, egalitarian ketubot, and alternatives to the ketubah
T’nai B’Kiddushin: Conservative Ante-Nuptial Agreement
An agreement between bride and groom to be used with a Conservative ketubah that does not include the Lieberman clause
