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A couple’s first-person account of the process of creating their wedding ceremony

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A blessing to be read to two women under their huppah

two women nuzzling noses

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

two women kissing

The text of the sheva brakhot 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

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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.

two women holding hands

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

wedding band on a piece of wood

Seven wedding blessings adapted for two men

two men in suits with bow ties

Written for two men; adaptable for any two partners

two wedding rings

Under the huppah, a heterosexual couple expressed their sadness for the inequitable status of same-sex couples

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

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