Jewish marriage
Jewish marriage is the joining of two Jewish persons join in pursuit of universal harmony. Jewish marriage is not normally personal and is mainly done in the name of god. A blessing used regularly throughout Jewish weddings is "Make these beloved companions as happy as were the first human couple in the Garden of Eden". Marriage is seen as the basis of human companionship and the centre of Jewish community. Jewish Marriage is also the base for Jewish survival. Jewish weddings cannot be held on the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, Shavuot and the first and last days of Sukkot.
beliefs
Judaism believes in the concept of soul mates, called bashert
• The primary purpose of marriage is love and companionship, not just childbearing
• A contract called a ketubah spells out terms of marriage and divorce
• Marriages between certain close relatives are prohibited
• Children born out of wedlock are not bastards in Jewish law
• The primary purpose of marriage is love and companionship, not just childbearing
• A contract called a ketubah spells out terms of marriage and divorce
• Marriages between certain close relatives are prohibited
• Children born out of wedlock are not bastards in Jewish law
Ceremony
There is a very basic wedding structure for a Jewish Wedding which goes as followed:
- Processional
- Rabbi's Welcome
- First Cup of Wine
- Vows
- Drash (translation, roughly, sermon)
- Seven Blessings over the Couple
- Second Glass of Wine
- Priestly Benediction
- Recessional
This isn't as set order of what you have to do. There are other parts of a Jewish wedding that can be added or taken out. The order of the wedding can also be rearranged to suit how the couple wants it to be completed. The order of the ceremony is determined on the couple and what relationship they want to have with god.
- Processional
- Rabbi's Welcome
- First Cup of Wine
- Vows
- Drash (translation, roughly, sermon)
- Seven Blessings over the Couple
- Second Glass of Wine
- Priestly Benediction
- Recessional
This isn't as set order of what you have to do. There are other parts of a Jewish wedding that can be added or taken out. The order of the wedding can also be rearranged to suit how the couple wants it to be completed. The order of the ceremony is determined on the couple and what relationship they want to have with god.
Divorce
Although divorce in Jewish marriages are frowned upon they are still legal to happen, if they both man and woman are unhappy in the relationship and aren't serving god in unison as one person then it would be recommended that they are divorced. If the man wishes to get a divorce for this to be successful the male has to get consent from the women saying that they are happy to go through with the divorce. Another tradition that has to be followed in Jewish marriage and divorce is that the women cannot initiate the divorce. Even if her husband runs away, goes missing or dies, the women cannot divorce him unless he initiates it. If the husband dies then he will never be able to initiate the divorce therefore the woman has to stay married to him until the day she dies. Even if he dies she is not allowed to marry another man because it would be unfaithful to her husband.