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Jewish wedding. A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. 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 ...
Ritual purity in Judaism. In Judaism, ritual washing, or ablution, takes two main forms. Tevilah ( טְבִילָה) is a full body immersion in a mikveh, and netilat yadayim is the washing of the hands with a cup (see Handwashing in Judaism ). References to ritual washing are found in the Hebrew Bible, and are elaborated in the Mishnah and Talmud.
Erusin. Engagement book of Jakob Wyler and Robertine Bloch, 1907, Brugg, today in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland. Erusin ( אירוסין ) is the Hebrew term for betrothal. In modern Hebrew, "erusin" means engagement, but this is not the historical meaning of the term, which is the first part of marriage (the second part ...
Ketubah. An illuminated ketubah. A ketubah ( / kɛtuːˈbɑː /; [1] Hebrew: כְּתוּבָּה) is a Jewish marriage contract. [2] It is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. In modern practice, the ketubah has no agreed monetary ...
The wedding was a huge spectacle with the groom being a grandson of a famous rabbi. Thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the the newlyweds. Orthodox Jews, who are known to be ...
The old Yemenite Jewish custom regarding the Sheva Brachot is recorded in Rabbi Yihya Saleh's (Maharitz) Responsa. [11] The custom that was prevalent in Sana'a before the Exile of Mawza was to say the Sheva Brachot for the bridegroom and bride on a Friday morning, following the couple's wedding the day before, even though she had not slept in the house of her newly wedded husband.
Seudat nissuin. (Redirected from Seudat Nissuin) A seudat nissuin ( Hebrew, lit. 'wedding feast' or 'marriage supper') is a seudat mitzvah that observant Jews eat after a Jewish wedding. It is a mitzvah to have a joyful wedding reception. [1]
Kiddushin ( Hebrew: קִידּוּשִׁין) is a masekhet or tractate of the Mishnah and the Talmud, and is part of the order of Nashim. The content of the tractate primarily deals with the legal provisions related to halakhic engagement and marriage . In Jewish law, an engagement ( kiddushin) is a contract between a man and a woman where ...