Even if you’ve never been to a Jewish wedding, you may have heard of (or seen in movies) the well-known rituals of breaking the glass and dancing the hora.
So, you want to get married? Here are seven Jewish customs and traditions to know about before you meet under the Chuppah.
Heading to a Jewish wedding? Don’t be in the dark! There’s a lot of variation that you can expect at an orthodox jewish wedding vs a non-orthodox wedding, but there are a few basics you'll see all over the place.
Marriage is about making a strong partnership. The Jewish marriage contract, or ketubah, formalizes some of these agreements, and there are many different ways to make it personal to your ceremony and relationship.
The Jewish wedding dance is super famous, and it's called the Hora! When Hava Nagila starts playing, you don’t want to be the only one in the room who doesn’t know the hora!
A traditional Jewish wedding (called a chatunah, חֲתֻנָּה) is a tapestry woven from many threads: biblical, historical, mystical, cultural and legal. Threads carried from one generation to the next, forming a chain of Jewish continuity which goes back more than 3,800 years.
