Jewish

Beccyboo1327 · December 2011

hi everyone! I'm marrying into a Jewish family. I am catholic and was looking for ways to incorporate some special Jewish traditions into our ceremony and reception without making it too religious

Simply Fated · December 2011

Breaking the glass? That's always a fun one, even when the glass doesn't break lol.

kimberlyb122 · December 2011

Definitely breaking the glass... also in Judaism there are the "7 Blessings" which may be a nice way to work the religion into your ceremony, but they're kind of universal so likely only the Jews would know its a Jewish thing. At the reception: doing the hora is always fun as well... I know people who are not Jewish who have done it just because "it looked so fun." Or you could have a special family member or friend do the ha motzi (blessing over challah bread) before dinner.

Bonzo2011 · December 2011

I recommend taking a look at Anita Diamant's book The New Jewish Wedding. This book has all the customs and traditions, both religious and less so. If you work with your FI and his family to see what is important to them, I'm sure you can come up with a special way to incorporate your different heritages.

Also, there's a Jewish cultural board under the tabs on the left. The ladies there can help you out as well.

Good luck!

fallbride1109 · December 2011

I also married a Jewish man (I am Protestant). We broke the glass and recited the Prayer of Shehechyanu. If your venue allows, you could have a chuppah which is like an altar and can be a lovely decor element.

Beccyboo1327 · December 2011

Thank you! I do want the chuppah, and the breaking of glass. See the thing is his mom really wants him to marry a Jewish girl so I want to make her comfortable by having some traditions. But keeping it our own as well

Jaridds68 · December 2011

[QUOTE]I recommend taking a look at <strong>Anita Diamant's book The New Jewish Wedding</strong>. This book has all the customs and traditions, both religious and less so. If you work with your FI and his family to see what is important to them, I'm sure you can come up with a special way to incorporate your different heritages. Also, there's a Jewish cultural board under the tabs on the left. The ladies there can help you out as well. Good luck!
Posted by Bonzo2011[/QUOTE]

Ditto...I'm in your same boat: catholic marrying a jew. This book is really helping me. Besides the chuppah and glass breaking you may want to check out ketubah's. They are gorgeous and very meaningful, and the ketubah ceremony is really special. Another good resource is a rabbi or cantor, if you're going to be having one as an officiant it'll be good to start talking to them so you also know what s/he normally does for interfaith ceremonies.
And as an unsolicited bit of advice - if you're going the dual officiant route, get on booking officiants asap, it can be tricky to find both, depending on where you have the ceremony.

TallyKyle · December 2011

My mom is Jewish and my dad is Catholic. They had both a rabbi and a priest. Many of the ideas mentioned above are great one (Chuppah, breaking of the glass). Hopefully I can offer a few more! In Jewish weddings, the bride is escoreted down the aisle by her motehr and her father. My FI (who is methodist) and I will also have a Challah bread at the reception. I have asked some of my Jewish relatives to do the blessing of the bread and wine, as well as other ones to translate or explain.
Hope this helped. If you have any questions or need more ideas, PM me. :-)

Beccyboo1327 · December 2011

Well that's another problem, I no longer have my parents so do I walk alone?

lelupixie · January 2012

We are having an interfaith jewish wedding. So we did te chuppah, the glass breaking, and we also bought a ketubah and kippahs for our guests.

sarabirnbaum · February 2012

So I am Jewish.... And my FI is not... So rather than doing the seven blessings... We picked out seven different couples that we look up to and admire their love.... And asked them to give us a quick (20 second) piece of advice or secret to happiness.. as a blessing. My parents are going to do the first one in Hebrew... And his parents will do the last one in Chinese.... And then 5 other couples in middle can do anything they like. My FI best friends are much older than us... So they can't really be grooms men... So this was a good way to honor a few more people.

sarabirnbaum · February 2012

And no... Don't walk alone... Pick some older who you look up to and resect and have them give you away. They will be honored that you asked.

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