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- The Jewish wedding ceremony combines two formerly separate ceremonies: erusin (betrothal) and nissuin (marriage). In traditional communities erusin is still observed separately. The betrothal involves two blessings, one over wine and the other reserving the couple for each other and forbidding them to have relationships with anyone else.
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Jul 24, 2009 · This article looks at the laws and traditions associated with a Jewish wedding and the rituals and celebrations themselves.
While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ketubah (marriage contract) that is signed by two witnesses, a chuppah or huppah (wedding canopy), a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy, and the breaking of a glass.
The rituals and traditions of the Jewish wedding derive from both its legalistic particulars and its underlying spiritual themes—the body and soul of the Jewish wedding. The Jewish wedding typically starts in midafternoon and ends late at night, but it can be longer or shorter.
- Negotiating A Match
- Mohar as Purchase and Gift
- Betrothal and The Wedding
- A New Attitude Toward Women
- An Ancient Marriage Record
- The Ketubah, Or Marriage Contract
- A Divorce Penalty
As a rule, the fathers arranged the match. The girl was consulted, but the “calling of the damsel and inquiring at her mouth” after the conclusion of all negotiations was merely a formality. In those days a father was more concerned about the marriage of his sons than about the marriage of his daughters. No expense was involved in marrying off a da...
The mohar was originally the purchase price of the bride, and it is therefore understandable why it was paid by the father of the groom to the father of the bride. In ancient days, marriage was not an agreement between two individuals, but between two families. The newly married man usually did not found a new home for himself, but occupied a nook ...
Until late in the Middle Ages, marriage consisted of two ceremonies that were marked by celebrations at two separate times, with an interval between. First came the betrothal [erusin]; and later, the wedding [nissuin]. At the betrothal the woman was legally married, although she still remained in her father’s house. She could not belong to another ...
During biblical times, even before the Babylonian exile, Jewish life evolved and changed in many ways, including the attitude toward women. Over time, women came to be regarded as endowed with personalities just as were men. Even as far back as early biblical times, we find traces of a new moral attitude towards women. For instance, although a man ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, an actual Jewish marriage record during the period of the return from the Babylonian exile was discovered — the oldest marriage contract in Jewish history. The marriage did not take place in Palestine or among the exiles in Babylon, but among the Jews of Elephantine and Aswan, at the southern border of Egypt. T...
In many points of content and form, Mibtachiah’s marriage contract resembles the version of the ketubah(wedding contract) still in vogue in modern Jewish life. In references to marriage throughout the Bible, the mohar was paid and gifts presented, but a written contract was never mentioned. However, the Book of Deuteronomyspecifically states that i...
The mohar institution was entirely transformed during late-biblical and post-biblical times. From a bridal price it finally became a lien to be paid by the husband in case of divorce, or by his heirs in case of his death. The change in the mohar institution was a direct result of changes in the material conditions of life. In the simple conditions ...
- Hayyim Schauss
The existence of God as a “silent partner” in Jewish marriage endows a relationship with sanctity and solemn commitment. Judaism views marriage as the basis of human companionship and the cornerstone of Jewish community.
The Jewish wedding ceremony combines two formerly separate ceremonies: erusin (betrothal) and nissuin (marriage). In traditional communities erusin is still observed separately. The betrothal involves two blessings, one over wine and the other reserving the couple for each other and forbidding them to have relationships with anyone else.
The wedding ceremony begins with the betrothal, which consists of the blessings; the kinyan (the formal acquisition by means of the giving of the ring); and the recitation of the marriage formula. This is followed by a reading of the ketubah (the marriage contract).
