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It’s May – time for Mother’s Day, graduation, and, looking ahead, Father’s Day. The question always comes up: What should I/we get? This is a perennial question – asked not only for Mom, Dad, and grad – but throughout the year: for the birthday, the promotion, the bar/bat mitzvah, the wedding, the baby shower,…
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I have heard that many couples incorporate a tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) into their wedding. What is the reason for this? There are two main ways a couple can incorporate a tallit into their Jewish wedding ceremony: they can use it as the canopy for the chuppah (marriage canopy) the couple can be wrapped…
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When most of us think about Jewish wedding traditions, our thoughts turn to the preparations for and to the day of the wedding itself. But what happens afterwards? Whether you’ve already been celebrating holidays together, or are just now establishing your shared home life, Jewish tradition marks the first year of marriage in a…
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What is a ketubah? Why should we think about incorporating one into our wedding? How do we pick one out? Originally a ketubah, or Jewish wedding contract, was a legal document that was given by a groom to his bride. It laid out the basic commitments the husband made to his wife, and its…