Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
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 mikvehThe ritual bath. The waters of the mikveh symbolically purify – they are seen as waters of rebirth. A convert immerses in the mikveh as part of conversion. Many Orthodox married women go to the mikveh following their period and before resuming sexual relations. Couples go to the mikveh before being married. Many, including some men, immerse before Yom Kippur; some go every Friday before Shabbat.. Sanctifying our intimate relationships elevates these unions and gives them a context of meaning and joy.
From mezzuzahs to interfaith sharing, this is a fun and short introduction to the world of dedicating your new home.
What is a Mikveh? An introduction to Jewish ritual bath.
Alternative mikveh ritual before a wedding
Seven Jewish traditions performed before a wedding
A couple discusses the rituals they created and reinterpreted at their wedding ceremony
Breaking the glass at a Jewish wedding is reinterpreted through a personal and kabbalistic lens
A partner in a same-sex couple describes how and why they chose to use traditional language for their wedding ceremony
As part of BimBam’s (formerly G-dcast) Jewish lifecycles series, a groom describes incorporating multiple ketubah traditions at his wedding
Watch this video to learn some traditional steps for this joyous circle dance!
Watch this video to learn about what the chuppah represents and choices couples make for creating their unique chuppah
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