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Kol Sasson

A guide to halachic same-sex weddings

  • About
    • About
    • Contact
  • Introduction
    • What this is (and what it isn’t)
    • History of Jewish same-sex weddings
    • How to think about building a wedding
    • Textual integrity and the permissibility of changing brachot
    • Additional notes about liturgical language
  • Parts of the Wedding
    • Wedding lead-up
      • Aufruf
      • Wedding announcements
      • Additional pre-wedding customs
    • Kabbalat Panim
      • Tisch
      • T’nayim
      • Hachnasat Kallah & Bedeken
    • Chuppah and procession
      • Chuppah
      • Printed programs
      • Procession
      • Circling
      • Greeting the couple
    • Birkat Erusin
      • Birkat Erusin
      • A note on Shehechiyanu
    • Kiddushin and ketuba
      • What constitutes a marriage?
      • Kiddushin adaptations
      • Kiddushin alternatives
      • Adapting the ketuba
      • Divorce
    • Sheva Brachot
      • The role of Sheva Brachot
      • Adaptive approaches
      • Critiques of the Sheva Brachot
      • Replacement approaches
    • Other chuppah rituals
      • Birkat Kohanim
      • Civil ceremony
      • Additional rituals
      • Breaking the glass
      • Yichud
    • Dinner and Dancing
      • What music to play?
      • Dances and customs
      • Birkat Hamazon
  • Resources

Author: hillel

Resources

Posted on June 27, 2020December 21, 2021 by hillel

Includes: Rabbis / officiants; Vendors; Further reading; Complete ceremonies

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Dinner and Dancing

Posted on June 26, 2020December 16, 2021 by hillel

Includes: What music to play?; Dances and customs; Birkat Hamazon

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Other chuppah rituals

Posted on June 25, 2020December 16, 2021 by hillel

Includes: Birkat Kohanim; Civil ceremony; Additional rituals; Breaking the glass; Yichud

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Sheva Brachot

Posted on June 24, 2020December 20, 2021 by hillel

Various Sheva Brachot approaches

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Divorce

Posted on June 23, 2020December 20, 2021 by hillel

A legal framework for creating a union must also provide for a legal framework to dissolve that union. The get…

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Adapting the ketuba

Posted on June 22, 2020December 21, 2021 by hillel

Problems with the ketuba • Sample texts

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Kiddushin alternatives

Posted on June 21, 2020December 20, 2021 by hillel

Shutafut – partnership • Nedarim and Shevuot – Vows and Oaths • Brit – covenant • Mix and match • Rings without kiddushin and additional texts

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Kiddushin adaptations

Posted on June 20, 2020December 16, 2021 by hillel

Parallel kiddushin • Hitkadshut / kinyan hadadi • Derech Kiddushin • Non-acquisitional Kiddushin

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What constitutes a marriage?

Posted on June 19, 2020December 16, 2021 by hillel

What is kiddushin? • What is the ketuba? • The role of chuppah • Problems with kiddushin • Is it still a marriage without kiddushin? • Is this “K’dat Moshe v’Yisrael”?

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Kiddushin and ketuba

Posted on June 18, 2020December 20, 2021 by hillel

Includes: What constitutes a wedding; Adapting the ketuba; Kiddushin Adaptations; Kiddushin alternatives

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