Jewish brides...

Hi ladies,
Now I'm officially a Jewish bride lol.

Where did you girls get your:
Yamulka's
Chuppah

Thanks! Also - I just found out that to get married under Jewish law, you have to exchange solid bands, there can't be any diamonds or holes...

My FH's grandma is quilting our chuppah. We haven't bought our yarmulkes yet.

As for the band, it is tradition that the band you exchange be unbroken to represent an unbroken marriage/life together.

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Posted by legalchef

My FH's grandma is quilting our chuppah. We haven't bought our yarmulkes yet.

As for the band, it is tradition that the band you exchange be unbroken to represent an unbroken marriage/life together.

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I'm going to use my great grandmas band for the ceremony, and then put my blinged out band on for the reception. What are you doing?

Crest Hollow is providing the chuppah... see if your place does it too?? And we are getting cheap solid bands for the ceremony, but never wearing them again (bc of course i wanna be blinged out to match my e-ring haha)... seriously that's the only time u need to wear solid bands, at the actual ceremony.... Idk where to get kippa's yet, but dov's dad is an orthodox rabbi so I'll let everyone know where he recommends!!

My florist is actually lending me her hand-held chuppah....


As for kippas, I'm going to the judaica store to see how much they price for.


The rabbi that marries you MAY have a ketubah, however you can purchase them at the judaica store too. I've heard of some people using ZionLion (online)

I'm doing Interfaith - but my florist is providing a chuppah if we have to do indoors - and we are getting married under a gazebo - and he will pin my grandfather's tallis in the the flowers....how does everyone feel about getting a ketubah on etsy - I found this one I really like but don't know if it's 'kosher' - or do we have to get it at a Judaica store?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58784262/sunrise-tree-papercut-ketubah-hebrew?from_reg=2&joined=1

def check with your place about the chuppah...my venue is providing ours

we have not ordered yarmulkes yet
we got our ketubah from xion lion (in new hyde park)

i would also speak with the rabbi about the wedding bands...our rabbi told us we can get married with a ring with stones (he is reform)

my cousin had an interfaith wedding and his wife who is jewish was married with the solid gold band but then she put her 'bling' on the minute they processed out of the ceremony

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Posted by pjc92980

def check with your place about the chuppah...my venue is providing ours

we have not ordered yarmulkes yet
we got our ketubah from xion lion (in new hyde park)

i would also speak with the rabbi about the wedding bands...our rabbi told us we can get married with a ring with stones (he is reform)

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My Rabbi said the same thing.

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Posted by jgold910

I'm doing Interfaith - but my florist is providing a chuppah if we have to do indoors - and we are getting married under a gazebo - and he will pin my grandfather's tallis in the the flowers....how does everyone feel about getting a ketubah on etsy - I found this one I really like but don't know if it's 'kosher' - or do we have to get it at a Judaica store?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58784262/sunrise-tree-papercut-ketubah-hebrew?from_reg=2&joined=1

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Crashing...
We got married interfaith as well. I bought my kettubah on etsy and it was PERFECT! I LOVE it and can't wait to have enough money to frame it LOL!

To the other posters, we got our breaking of the glass and yamaka's at Zion Lion in New Hyde Park. Jericho Terrace provided a chuppah.

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Posted by ourwedding9510

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Posted by jgold910

I'm doing Interfaith - but my florist is providing a chuppah if we have to do indoors - and we are getting married under a gazebo - and he will pin my grandfather's tallis in the the flowers....how does everyone feel about getting a ketubah on etsy - I found this one I really like but don't know if it's 'kosher' - or do we have to get it at a Judaica store?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58784262/sunrise-tree-papercut-ketubah-hebrew?from_reg=2&joined=1

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Crashing...
We got married interfaith as well. I bought my kettubah on etsy and it was PERFECT! I LOVE it and can't wait to have enough money to frame it LOL!

To the other posters, we got our breaking of the glass and yamaka's at Zion Lion in New Hyde Park. Jericho Terrace provided a chuppah.

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Do you remember which vendor you used?

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Posted by jgold910

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Posted by ourwedding9510

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Posted by jgold910

I'm doing Interfaith - but my florist is providing a chuppah if we have to do indoors - and we are getting married under a gazebo - and he will pin my grandfather's tallis in the the flowers....how does everyone feel about getting a ketubah on etsy - I found this one I really like but don't know if it's 'kosher' - or do we have to get it at a Judaica store?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58784262/sunrise-tree-papercut-ketubah-hebrew?from_reg=2&joined=1

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Crashing...
We got married interfaith as well. I bought my kettubah on etsy and it was PERFECT! I LOVE it and can't wait to have enough money to frame it LOL!

To the other posters, we got our breaking of the glass and yamaka's at Zion Lion in New Hyde Park. Jericho Terrace provided a chuppah.

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Do you remember which vendor you used?

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I used jenniferraichman and she was a pleasure to work with...
Kettubah

our chuppah was hand made by some ladies that volunteer at the temple our Rabbai belongs to !
its gorgeous!!!

not sure about the Yarmulkes yet

Actually, in a traditional jewish wedding, you don't exchange bands at all. it's an act of acquisition. FH has to give you a ring, and gets you in return. If you give him a ring, it nullifies the transaction. Some people get around this, by if they exchange, they make the wife's ring clearly more valuable.. (but this also breaks traditions...the solid gold band thing is so that there is no question of the ring's value...for example, if it has stones, the stones could be fake...wheras a sold band can be weighed to immediately verify value).

Unless you're doing it under orthodox or conservative tradition, you can usually do a ring exchange no problem. We don't see our marriage as an acquisition, so we're exchanging.

We're getitng our kippot from Eichler's. $23 for a dozen (for suede). Store is in Brooklyn but you can also order online.

We ordered our Ketubah from ketubah.com. There's also mpartworks.com. Eichler's has some but they are all orthodox text.

We're not using a chuppah, we're using Doug's dad's tallit, but you can get some gorgeous ones online, or if you're getting married at the temple sometimes they will provide and your florist can decorate. HTH

I used skullcaps.com
They shipped it super fast and were cheap

Also... chuppah through florist-pedestals

will get ketubah online

Got solid bands for ceremony and then switching to bling

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Posted by HSsweethearts

Actually, in a traditional jewish wedding, you don't exchange bands at all. it's an act of acquisition. FH has to give you a ring, and gets you in return. If you give him a ring, it nullifies the transaction. Some people get around this, by if they exchange, they make the wife's ring clearly more valuable.. (but this also breaks traditions...the solid gold band thing is so that there is no question of the ring's value...for example, if it has stones, the stones could be fake...wheras a sold band can be weighed to immediately verify value).

Unless you're doing it under orthodox or conservative tradition, you can usually do a ring exchange no problem. We don't see our marriage as an acquisition, so we're exchanging.

We're getitng our kippot from Eichler's. $23 for a dozen (for suede). Store is in Brooklyn but you can also order online.

We ordered our Ketubah from ketubah.com. There's also mpartworks.com. Eichler's has some but they are all orthodox text.

We're not using a chuppah, we're using Doug's dad's tallit, but you can get some gorgeous ones online, or if you're getting married at the temple sometimes they will provide and your florist can decorate. HTH

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my FHs father is an orthodox rabbi, he is doing our ceremony... I inquired about this my FH (who grew up orthodox obvs lol) never heard of this before! lol it has always been a tradition to exchange rings, he said, and he also said that you cant have stones -not bc of the value- but because it's supposed to be a circle that's 'not meant to be broken'... continuous, without breaks!!

(I am not religious at all, but Im having an Orthodox ceremony for his family and mine...
Where'd you get your info from?? lol annoying lol)

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Posted by LKatz1029

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Posted by HSsweethearts

Actually, in a traditional jewish wedding, you don't exchange bands at all. it's an act of acquisition. FH has to give you a ring, and gets you in return. If you give him a ring, it nullifies the transaction. Some people get around this, by if they exchange, they make the wife's ring clearly more valuable.. (but this also breaks traditions...the solid gold band thing is so that there is no question of the ring's value...for example, if it has stones, the stones could be fake...wheras a sold band can be weighed to immediately verify value).

Unless you're doing it under orthodox or conservative tradition, you can usually do a ring exchange no problem. We don't see our marriage as an acquisition, so we're exchanging.

We're getitng our kippot from Eichler's. $23 for a dozen (for suede). Store is in Brooklyn but you can also order online.

We ordered our Ketubah from ketubah.com. There's also mpartworks.com. Eichler's has some but they are all orthodox text.

We're not using a chuppah, we're using Doug's dad's tallit, but you can get some gorgeous ones online, or if you're getting married at the temple sometimes they will provide and your florist can decorate. HTH

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my FHs father is an orthodox rabbi, he is doing our ceremony... I inquired about this my FH (who grew up orthodox obvs lol) never heard of this before! lol it has always been a tradition to exchange rings, he said, and he also said that you cant have stones -not bc of the value- but because it's supposed to be a circle that's 'not meant to be broken'... continuous, without breaks!!

(I am not religious at all, but Im having an Orthodox ceremony for his family and mine...
Where'd you get your info from?? lol annoying lol)

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L - you're explanation of the rings is the same one I heard...it's interesting. lol. Same end result though.

And BTW = my florist's chuppah is TOO big for my room, and so is the catering halls!! So the cantor has to bring a free standing one, which means i have to have 4 people hold it. Now that's weird, no?!

I have heard the 'unbroken circle' thing before.
But it has NOT always been the tradition for jewish couples to exchange rings. Many many traditional jewish husbands to this day to not wear wedding bands. An exchange would invalidate kinyan.
I think the solid band thing probably started out as what I mentioned (about having no question of its value) and evolved into the unbroken circle, just as breaking the glass has many meanings.