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

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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

Sue and Ben wrote a “verbose but helpful guide” to their wedding which is both traditional and egalitarian (incorporating both kiddushin and shutafut)

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An informative wedding booklet which walks the reader through all the traditional elements of a Jewish wedding ceremony

bride and groom in field

A wedding booklet describing one couple’s choices for a traditional-egalitarian Jewish wedding

bride and groom in field

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

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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

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A ritual involving both the couple and their parents or other family members

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On the path from the winter soltice to the vernal equinox and Birkat HaChammah, Blessing of the Sun, with instructions for kindling olive oil in a bowl

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