Jewish wedding
Mazel tov occasion
A Jewish wedding is a marriage ceremony conducted according to Jewish law and tradition.
The couple stands under a chuppah (canopy), the ketubah (marriage contract) is read, blessings are recited over wine, and the groom breaks a glass underfoot.
Specific customs vary among Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and cultural traditions.
Jewish wedding canopy
- sheva brachotSeven marriage blessings
- glass breakingFragmentation of transparent material
- circlingMoving around a center
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
recessional · ring exchange · tish · mazel tov · rabbi · cantor · minyan · blessings
Jewish wedding canopy
- glass breakingFragmentation of transparent material
- wine cupVessel for fermented grape
- ringsCircular bands worn
- challahBraided ceremonial Jewish bread
canopy · unity · ketubah · tallit · kippah · pomegranate · circle · seven
Jewish celebration or joy
- dancingRhythmic bodily motion
- horaTraditional circular folk dance
- musicOrganized auditory art
- klezmerTraditional Ashkenazi folk music
feasting · l'chaim · mazel tov · banquet · rejoicing · family · friends · entertainment
Jewish purification immersion pool
- shomerGuard or observer
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- kittelJewish ritual white robe
- tallitFringed Jewish worship garment
kippah · customs · heritage · Conservative · Reform · Hasidic
Enforceable written agreement
- AramaicAncient Semitic language
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- artworkVisual creative production
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
illumination · witnesses · signatures · obligations · heirloom · text · clauses · scribe
huppah
Jewish wedding canopy
- sheva brachotSeven marriage blessings
- glass breakingFragmentation of transparent material
- circlingMoving around a center
processional · recessional · ring exchange · tish · mazel tov · rabbi · cantor · minyan · blessings · nuptials
huppah
Jewish wedding canopy
- glass breakingFragmentation of transparent material
- wine cupVessel for fermented grape
- ringsCircular bands worn
challah · canopy · unity · ketubah · tallit · kippah · pomegranate · circle · seven · white
simcha
Jewish celebration or joy
klezmer · feasting · l'chaim · mazel tov · banquet · rejoicing · family · friends · entertainment · laughter
mikveh
Jewish purification immersion pool
tallit · kippah · customs · heritage · Conservative · Reform · Hasidic
contract
Enforceable written agreement
- AramaicAncient Semitic language
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- artworkVisual creative production
parchment · illumination · witnesses · signatures · obligations · heirloom · text · clauses · scribe · sofer
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Jewish Lifesynagogues, rabbis, Torah scrolls, Torah study, Shabbat
- Jewish Americanabagels, lox, challah, matzo ball soup, brisket
- Jewish ritualsbrit milah, bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, kiddush, havdalah
- wedding ritualsnuptial mass, exchange of vows, exchange of rings, holy matrimony, marriage rite
- Jewish marriageketubah, chuppah, erusin, betrothal, marriage contract
Jewish weddingcivil ceremony
Nonreligious legal marriage
courthouse wedding · civil wedding · civil union · Vegas wedding · elopement