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Intimate relationships bring two people together in a unique emotional and physical 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 intimate relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.
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
An article about the ketubah, or wedding contract, which describes its history, new ketubot, egalitarian ketubot, and alternatives to the ketubah
An agreement between bride and groom to be used with a Conservative ketubah that does not include the Lieberman clause
Meant to be appended to the traditional ketubah and written in Aramaic by the late, great Rabbi Saul Lieberman, this clause requires the husband to grant a religious divorce (get) to his wife, should the marriage dissolve. This clause is usually used by Conservative Jews instead of the Orthodox pre-nuptial agreement.
An agreement signed by the bride and groom prior to the wedding which abrogates the situation of a recalcitrant husband who refuses his wife a religious divorce
Text of the standard, traditional ketubah in Aramaic and English
An example of a halakhic (sanctioned by some interpretations of Jewish law) ketubah drawing on precedent from ancient text
A thoughtful article about how two modern brides reconciled tradition and feminism in their weddings
A brief description of this ritual, traditionally only practiced for the groom, but now embraced by both members of the couple, separately or together
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