Weddings

Parents' Blessings on Your Wedding Day

Rabbi Julie Zupan
For couples, one way to express gratitude to those who raised them is to invite their parents (step-parents and grandparents, too) to offer them a blessing on their wedding day.

A Day in the Life of a Rabbi: Nine Students, a Baby, and a Wedding

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser
Not every day in the life of a rabbi is as busy as today was for me, but days like this one remind me why I love my job. The day included teaching in our congregation’s religious school, leading the conversion of a six-month-old baby, participating in an interfaith dialogue group, and officiating at a wedding.

How Marriage Makes Us Who We Were Meant to Be

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser
I think this is why people like weddings so much. Each wedding has a bit of an “other-worldly” quality. Watching two people come together, we believe in the possibility of new beginnings.