Im jewish :D thought I was the only one.... however I went for a civil wedding I'm afraid!!! But nice to see theres others around :D xxx
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CommentAuthorMrsRusty2B
Sorry, I'm not Jewish or religious at all.
CommentAuthorElinor Claire
Mine's a Christian wedding. I'd love to hear about what goes on at a Jewish wedding though.
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CommentAuthorMeeni
Yay Lulu knew I couldn't be the only one :) We were going to have a civil wedding originally but fancy having a Chuppah one and have a friend who is a Rabbi so we just thought while not.
Elinor- it is all very normal. It has to happen under a Chuppah (a canopy) we don't traditionally say any vows apart from a sentence with the rings but people are now starting to put in vows if they want. There are 7 blessings that are said by 7 different people over wine. Then we break a glass and go in to a room just the two people for a few minutes. We also have a marriage contract written up.
CommentAuthorVanessaC29
Hi Meeni! Fellow jewish bride here! :)
We're having the ceremony in shul but the reception elsewhere, found it was a happy medium! How is your planning so far?
CommentAuthorMeeni
Hiya Vanessa :) Early days as yet. Haven't even decided if it will be in shul or not (in Scotland so it doesn't have to be in shul) The rabbi is an old uni friend and she doesn't care if it is in shul or not. We are going to start looking for reception places and once we find one we like will then decide where to actually get married. Somehow in shul seems more religious to me but it isn't really. What are you doing about your Chuppah?
CommentAuthorVanessaC29
One of the bigger factors for me was that we're on a tight budget. We found that to have the chuppah at a venue was quite expensive where as having it in shul is free. Haven't finalised decoration yet but the chuppah will have some flowers. I think it can be as religious (or not) as you want, after all it's your day. Ours won't be as we're not ultra religious but there are a couple of old traditions we're keeping in x
CommentAuthorMeeni
Ta Vanessa. Hadn't thought about the cost of them (too busy being shocked about the cost of the Ketubah) Yeah we aren't really religious but realised that actually getting married Jewishly (is that a word?) Actually mattered to us. Another question (sorry) What are you doing about the day/time of the wedding?
CommentAuthorVanessaC29
Hi Meeni, sorry for the late reply. LOL! I think Jewishly is acceptable! :) It's all very costly I know! (it's roughly £600 to move the chuppah!)
To answer your question, we're getting married on a Wednesday, rather random I know but it came down to the availability of the Shul. My H2B really wanted a summer wedding which meant short notice for the shul. Ideally you need a minimum of a year/ 18months notice if your going for the traditional Jewish Sunday wedding or Israeli Tuesday.
We're having a 4pm ceremony and then our venue is about 20mins away so we figured 5.30 reception, 7pm dinner. I've been to a few weddings with an early start, there's a lot of waiting around or they finish early so it's a sort of anti-climax. I think that's personal preference though and comes down to what you want to do for the big day. Hope that was of some help! xx
CommentAuthorSophieD66
I'm having a big fat Jewish wedding next March!! Just found this thread by searching for other Jewish wedding people! Can't believe there are so few! xx
