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I am an OJC Bride- at least for 10 more days!!! Thanks for the info. Kosher places to get married in LI:

-Temples (tons of them)
-Sands
-Restaurants in cedarhurst

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OK-- I am definitely doing my pictures ahead of time.. I posted this in another thread-- but, I want it all out of the way, then it's the ceremony then the party- I want to enjoy the pary that costs a sh*tload of money, and that I spend a year of my life planning.

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I totally agree...I didn't want to miss my cocktail hour taking pictures, and besides, the 1 hour is not nearly enough time!

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thanks girls, I feel so much better now about the whole picture thing - makes me happy that i'm jewish!

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we are doing pics ahead of time too...i am actually really looking forward to it beacuse it will be a really genuine moment between us when it is JUST the 2 of us...

here is my ?? though....has anyone noticed how you can see your hands and rings so well in many peoples pics?? well when you do pics BEFORE you arent wearing your wedding ring yet...just a though...dont know where i was gping with it, but i wanted to hear what you guys had to say about it...

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Posted by jbride2b

thanks girls, I feel so much better now about the whole picture thing - makes me happy that i'm jewish!

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giggle..

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Posted by BethGail

we are doing pics ahead of time too...i am actually really looking forward to it beacuse it will be a really genuine moment between us when it is JUST the 2 of us...

here is my ?? though....has anyone noticed how you can see your hands and rings so well in many peoples pics?? well when you do pics BEFORE you arent wearing your wedding ring yet...just a though...dont know where i was gping with it, but i wanted to hear what you guys had to say about it...

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I never thought of that-- I guess it depends if you WANT that picture.. Now that I think about it- if I want to see my rings, I can look down at my hand.. but, I guess you can always put your rings on for certain pics.. After all- a lot of brides get two rings- one for the ceremony and one as their real band.. We take certain liberties on the wedding day to be practical, ya know?

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My review includes a description of how we handled kosher -- we had a very positive experience with Peter Schneir of Regal:
http://www.liweddings.com/chat/topic.aspx?&P=1&ID=140544#P1311524

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We are taking our pictures before the ceremony too. I remember hearing somewhere that in the Jewish religion bride and groom can see each other before the ceremony, I believe for the reasons that you all mentioned. ITA with the yarmulke inscription. We are getting it the same way: Wedding of
Brides first name and Grooms first name and last name, date.

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Posted by BethGail

we are doing pics ahead of time too...i am actually really looking forward to it beacuse it will be a really genuine moment between us when it is JUST the 2 of us...

here is my ?? though....has anyone noticed how you can see your hands and rings so well in many peoples pics?? well when you do pics BEFORE you arent wearing your wedding ring yet...just a though...dont know where i was gping with it, but i wanted to hear what you guys had to say about it...

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Our photographer had us put on our rings for the pictures!

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our rabbi is having us do the ketubah and stuff 1st
we are taking pics 1st anyway
at least for 1/2 hr. and then signing...

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Is anyone using the Rabbi from their Temple? We are, and we are told there is no fee for the officiant but we can give a donation. I was wondering if anyone was in this same situation.

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We are in the process of figuring this all out. I think, we are signing the ketubah for the 20 minutes before the wedding (when the guests are arriving). We have 3 hours of pics before (including getting ready shots, and our rehersal).

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On this rabbi issue. FH hasn't been t temple since his bar mitzvah, and it's a conservative tempe, so they wouldn't officiate anyway. Is anyone else in an interfaith situation, and who is your rabbi? Please recommend! I'm looking or someone who can really be a spiriual leader and counselor, who is legitimate and not dial a rabbi. thanks

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Hi everyone. A friend of mine from work is getting married. She is having a Modern Orthodox Jewish Ceremony and she wants to find a photographer who will be familiar with the customs, yet does photojournalistic work ...

anyone have reccomendations?

TIA

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Posted by 1017Bride

Is anyone using the Rabbi from their Temple? We are, and we are told there is no fee for the officiant but we can give a donation. I was wondering if anyone was in this same situation.

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We are getting married in a Synagogue but we are getting married by my Rabbi. He said the same thing, no fee but a donation would be accepted.

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Posted by luckybride2004

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Posted by 1017Bride

Is anyone using the Rabbi from their Temple? We are, and we are told there is no fee for the officiant but we can give a donation. I was wondering if anyone was in this same situation.

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We are getting married in a Synagogue but we are getting married by my Rabbi. He said the same thing, no fee but a donation would be accepted.

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We met with 2 rabbis and their fees were either $500 or $750.. So, I think if you are making a donation, it should be in that neighborhood.

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We are using FIL's rabbi from their congregation. There is no fee, but we can make a donation up to $500 to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund.

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At the temple we're getting married at, there is a fee, whether or not you use their rabbi, cantor, etc. I guess it is a fee to use the sanctuary. That's great that you don't have a fee to pay.

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'Hi everyone. A friend of mine from work is getting married. She is having a Modern Orthodox Jewish Ceremony and she wants to find a photographer who will be familiar with the customs, yet does photojournalistic work'

While I feel compelled, yet again, to wax rhapsodic about my incredible photographer and his extraordinary work at my modern ortho wedding -- he just flowed with us from part to part (and even hung out at my husband's Tish breifly :) -- we loved him and it was so natural to have him be around us all day. The reality is most photographers can go with the flow and work with almost any tradition, especially if they are experienced photojournalists. The other thing is to start meeting them and checking out their books and websites -- you will see if there were traditional jewsih weddings or not.