Sanctifying Relationships

A couple embraces joyfully in a sunlit forest with golden autumn leaves around them.

Relationships bring people together in a unique connection. This is something to celebrate, whether through the public festivity of a wedding, or in the private reflection of immersion in the mikveh. Sanctifying our relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.

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A poem to be read before or during circling under the huppah

bride and groom arms reaching for each other

Seven blessings for a Jewish wedding suitable for pluralistic or non-religious ceremonies

Bride and groom smiling at each other during an outdoor wedding ceremony, with an officiant in the background.

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

pouring wine and splashing

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

two peoples hands making a heart shape together

Origins of practices and the simplification of the betrothal-marriage process

A group of people in formal attire gathered around a table with a flower vase, engaging with a seated person.
A man in a prayer shawl signs a colorful document at a table with books and papers.

Created by a bride and groom in their personal spirit, with an exchange of gifts fulfilling the tradition of kinyan, the “bride price”

a colorful field of flowers underneath a pale sunset

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

A couple laughing by a stone wall overlooking the ocean.

An article about the ketubah, or wedding contract, which describes its history, new ketubot, egalitarian ketubot, and alternatives to the ketubah

A man signs a document with a woman standing beside him, surrounded by people at an indoor event.

An agreement between bride and groom to be used with a Conservative ketubah that does not include the Lieberman clause

bride and groom at wedding

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