Practical Judaism Some Components of a Jewish Wedding

Practical Judaism → Some Components of a Jewish Wedding

• There are two stages of the marriage, called “Eirusin” (betrothal) and “Nisuin” (marriage). (Today we do both at one wedding ceremony.)
• The groom gives the bride a ring, making her his wife.
• The groom gives the bride a marriage contract, called a “Kesubah”.

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Chayei Sara 5752 (1991), and Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’ezer)