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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 ...
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]
A get, ghet, [ 1][ 2][ 3] or gett ( / ɡɛt /; Imperial Aramaic: גט, plural gittin גטין) is a document in Jewish religious law which effectuates a divorce between a Jewish couple. The term is also used to refer to the divorce itself. [ 4][ 5] The get is a 12-line document written in Aramaic. [ 6] The requirements for a get include that ...
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 ...
Conservative Judaism also differs from the Reform movement on marriage; because a Jewish religious marriage includes kiddushin, an ancient legal action a man does to acquire a wife, the U.S. Conservative movement offers a new form of contract for same-sex couples, the Covenant of Loving Partners.
Bukharan Jews (before 1899) In 1793, a missionary kabbalist named Rabbi Yosef Maimon, who was a Sephardic Jew originally from Tetuan, Morocco, travelled to Bukhara to collect/solicit money from Jewish patrons. Upon arriving and his first days of meeting the Bukharan Jews, he stated in his writings:
Modeh Ani. מודה אני . Modeh Ani is a short prayer recited first thing after waking in the morning. Thanking God for all he does. Elohai Neshamah. אלהי נשמה . Thanking God for restoring the soul in the morning. Said following washing the hands and Asher Yatzar blessings. Blessings over the Torah.
The problem of get-refusal became more widespread when Jews lived in countries where civil divorce was available, separate from religious divorce.The earliest prenuptial agreement for the prevention of get-refusal was developed and accepted by the Rabbinical Council of Morocco on December 16, 1953 ("Sefer Hatakanot", Vol. 1, The Institute for Moroccan Jewish Tradition, Jerusalem).