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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Example of an egalitarian/personalized ketubah

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A thoughtful article about how two modern brides reconciled tradition and feminism in their weddings

bride and groom hands

A brief description of this ritual, traditionally only practiced for the groom, but now embraced by both members of the couple, separately or together

A groom lifts the brides veil at a wedding ceremony with guests watching.

A brief description of this ritual and ways to make it more egalitarian

A groom lifts the veil of a bride surrounded by standing guests at a wedding ceremony.

A mutual bedecken ceremony in which the groom and bride adorn one another with kippot and flowers

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

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A mother’s observation of the bride

bride and mother
A healing prayer to be said when immersing in the mikveh
A person floating peacefully in water with eyes closed, wearing a white garment.

An article explaining the traditional uses of mikveh and modern perspectives on it, including a review of contemporary literature on the subject

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A prayer, fashioned after traditional women’s prayers, techinot, to be said prior to immersion in the mikveh
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