Jewish Wedding Blog

If you have just received your first Aufruf invitation or a Shabbat Chatan invitation, you may very well be wondering what it is all about?  The…

If you are planning a Jewish wedding, well, you know you have tons of things to consider: your revised “to-do” list every day-- places to go…

If you have ever been to a traditional Jewish wedding, probably the most electrifying moment of the evening was the Bedeken, the Jewish wedding veiling ceremony…

The mikveh or mikvah bath is a Jewish ritual dating back to ancient times.  Mikvah, literally meaning “collection” refers to a pool of natural water in…

The Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews represent the two main divisions of Jewish ethnic groups; with the Sephardic Jews being those who originally dwelled in the Iberian…

The henna plant, Lawsonia inermus, is a tall shrub that grows in the hot, semi-arid climates of North Africa, Asia, and Australia. It has been used…

If you have ever attended a Moroccan Jewish wedding, chances are you are unlikely to forget it. I have been to countless Jewish Moroccan weddings (I…

HistoryJewish Italian culture is both rich in tradition and persistent in its presence in Italy, dating back more than 2,000 years to the pre-Christian Roman period…

Like many a wedding, the bride and groom are often inundated with an abundance of gifts, some more practical than others, and frequently consist simply and…