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Jewish Wedding TraditionsIf you’ve never been to a Jewish wedding, these beautiful celebrations are filled with traditions that create meaningful links between past, present and future. While you are probably familiar with some of these traditions, such as the breaking of the glass, you might wonder what the ketubah is? Or what exactly is a chuppah? The Chuppah The ceremony takes place under a chuppah, this canopy is representative of the home that the couple will create together. It also represents the presence of God. The chuppah is supported by four poles and is often decorated with florals. The Ketubah Th...
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Jewish Wedding Traditions: Part 1Whether cultural or familial or religious, incorporating wedding traditions into your ceremony and reception can be a sentimental feature of your wedding planning. It’s also an opportunity to create a unique ceremony that incorporates the most important aspects of your life together and the worlds the bride and groom are bringing together. Over the next three days, I will provide you with an overview of Jewish Wedding Traditions. Part 1: Pre-Ceremony Prior to the ceremony, separate receptions are held (called Kabbalat Panim). While the bride sits on a throne to receive well wishes an...
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Jewish Wedding Traditions: Part 2Whether cultural or familial or religious, incorporating wedding traditions into your ceremony and reception can be a sentimental feature of your wedding planning. It’s also an opportunity to create a unique ceremony that incorporates the most important aspects of your life together and the worlds the bride and groom are bringing together. Check out Part 1 from yesterday for the Pre-Ceremony overview of Jewish Wedding Traditions. Today, I will focus on the Ceremony. Part 2: The Ceremony The Jewish wedding ceremony is full of traditional elements incorporating advice and symbolism. Bot...
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The Jewish Wedding Dance TraditionThe Hora If you’ve ever been to a Jewish wedding, you’ve no doubt seen a cheerful dance called the Hora. This is a lively circle dance that is traditional at Jewish weddings and often at bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs. The Hora came to America in the early 20th century with Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. The tradition was kept alive and the dance is still being danced today at Jewish ceremonies. The word Hora comes from the Greek word khoros which is found in English words such as chorus and choreograph. The dance is usually performed to the Hebrew folk tune of Hava Nagila. The titl...
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Traditional Jewish WeddingJewish marriage contract. Wedding canopy. A Jewish tradition. Different, colorful and very pretty wedding bouquet. Cool looking wedding cake. Lori Barbely Photography for incredible wedding photos and more....
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Tradition Tidbits: DIY Ketubah
It's been awhile since we've featured a tradition tidbit, so today we're shedding some light on the Jewish tradition of the Ketubah signing. The Ketubah is the Hebrew marriage contract that dates back to ancient times, but is still utilized in Jewish weddings today. In fact, once the Katubah is signed in a Jewish wedding, the marriage is consecrated and the ceremony that follows (with all the invited guests) is purely for tradition and celebration.The Ketubah is usually printed in some creative, artistic way to serve as a beautiful keepsake to the bride and groom. We love the ide...
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Jewish Wedding Traditions: Part 3Whether cultural or familial or religious, incorporating wedding traditions into your ceremony and reception can be a sentimental feature of your wedding planning. It’s also an opportunity to create a unique ceremony that incorporates the most important aspects of your life together and the worlds the bride and groom are bringing together. Check out Part 1: Pre-Ceremony and Part 2: Ceremony for overviews of Jewish Wedding Traditions. For the final part, I will focus on The Reception. Following the ceremony, the bride and groom share their first few moments of married life together in pri...
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Tradition!Vus machs da, modern Jewish brides? Okay, that was a bit of a fail on my part, though no, I’m not technically a shiksa. My parents are Jewish, and though I consider myself an athiest, the Yiddish never really leaves does it? I’ll consider it “street cred” for this post. I was clicking through a bunch of wedding-related links and came upon New Ketubah. For those of you who are not familiar with the tradition, the ketubah is a written statement of commitment to each other and to the couple’s faith. More traditional ketubahs can also outline the terms of the marriage in the same way a ...
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Ketubah Gallery | Part 1: Tradition
Judaic decorative art has many forms and styles. Steeped in the often turbulent but for that rich and multifaceted history of the Jewish people and sometimes combined with a Jewish desire to be more modern than modern, today’s Judaic artworks express themselves with diversity of colors and shapes, of ideas and symbols. To a sensitive [...] Related posts:Ketubah Gallery | Paper-Cut Ketubahs Ketubah Sweepstakes at Ketubah.com ...
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Traditional Jewish Wedding From Caplan Miller EventsEarlier today, we brought you Elizabeth & Kevin’s fantastic rehearsal dinner at The Ritz in Naples, Florida. Outdoor, brilliant lighting, lush and lovely florals from Petal Pushers and a few fire-eaters to boot! As wild and crazy as the rehearsal dinner was, their wedding was equally elegant and sophisticated … Courtney Caplan definitely gave it her all when planning her brother’s wedding! from Courtney … Kevin and Lizzie met in the parking lot of a grocery store when she accidentally hit a bird with her car! All through their engagement, we joked about it, but when it came to ...
