Ceremony Layout For Program...

bellebride116

So I just got off the phone with my rabbi and had him go over the ceremony with me. I just want to run it by ya'll to see if I got everything straight so I can put it into our program... Sorry if the font is weird, I typed this into Word while I was on the phone and copy & pasted...

Ceremony:

Begin Ceremony: Thank guests for coming

Prayers {does anyone know what prayers are said here or what I call this part in the program?}

Then he said something about next we take each other with conditions... in which we say 'yes' or 'i do'...

Rings

Kiddush

Read from our Ketubah

Prounance Husband & Wife

Final Blessing

Breaking Glass

Kiss

Recessional

masteraleph

Typcially, the prayers prior to the rings would be kiddush and then a longer bracha, about the sanctification of the chuppah and marriage, which makes it a little odd to do kiddush after that.

The "taking" in an Orthodox ceremony would be a claim using the ring by your groom on you; presumably your rabbi is doing some sort of egalitarian equivalent involving both rings, but you'd have to ask the rabbi exactly what.

Rachiemoo

Here is a great explanation of the step by step process to the traditional Jewish wedding, I found it very helpful while planning.

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/476780/jewish/Wedding-Handbook.htm

 
Keep in mind that in an Orthodox wedding only the groom gives the bride a ring under the chuppah (often the bride gives the groom a ring in Yichud or later after the chuppah).  More liberal Jews often do a double ring ceremony under the chuppah, though sometimes they do separate them from one another so it is not a complete "exchange" - I did this.  Talk to your rabbi if you have any questions.