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Breaking of the Glass through Creation Story Lens

This ritual reinvents the Breaking of the Glass and turns it into a physical moment using breath and soil.
  • by Rabbi Aviva Marchione
breaking the glass, Jewish wedding, wedding
flowered chuppah at the end of an aisle

Egalitarian Bedeken

  • by Miryam-Margo and Rabbi Andrea Kuti
Bedeken, Jewish wedding, wedding
a blessing of two people under a tallit

Sheva Brachot: An Interpretive Nondenominational Translation

This is a new interpretation of the traditional Seven Blessings used in a Jewish wedding ceremony.
  • by Joshua E. Foster-Tucker
Jewish wedding, seven blessings, sheva brachot, wedding
two simple gold wedding bands

Blessing of Gratitude for Queer Ancestors & Community

“I wanted a way of acknowledging and bringing my own queerness into the wedding ceremony”
  • by Katie Kelly-Hankin (she/her), Sarah Grumet (she/they), Reed Kolber (they/them)
bisexual, gay, lesbian, LGBTIQ, LGBTQ, queer, wedding
Blessing of Gratitude for Queer Ancestors & Community

With My Daughter at the Mikveh

“So dear this daughter / As she prepares to immerse”

  • by Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin
mikveh, parent, wedding
With My Daughter at the Mikveh

Sheva Berakhot Interpretive Translations

“May you join together in songs of praise, songs of joy and songs of sorrow.”

  • by Rabbi Sarah Krinsky
blessing, love, wedding
Sheva Berakhot Interpretive Translations

Brit Ahavah – Covenant of Love: Non-Theistic Jewish Wedding Blessings

Non-Theistic Jewish Wedding Blessings

  • by Martin Hasan Di Maggio
ahavah, love, wedding, wedding program
Brit Ahavah – Covenant of Love: Non-Theistic Jewish Wedding Blessings

Adapted Wedding Ceremony During COVID-19

A small, adapted wedding during COVID-19

  • by Rabbi Miriam Liebman
kiddushin, wedding, wedding program
Adapted Wedding Ceremony During COVID-19

Wedding Blessing Over Water

  • by Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe
blessing, water, wedding
Wedding Blessing Over Water

Arise, My Love

An original song based on lyrics from Song of Songs celebrating female same-sex love

  • by Alexander Massey
bisexual, gay, kabbalat shabbat, lesbian, LGBTIQ, LGBTQ, same-sex wedding, wedding, wedding program
a lesbian couple kisses

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