http://boards.weddingbee.com/ Weddingbee Boards: Forum: Jewish - Recent Topics en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:06:48 +0000 http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/show-me-your-modern-ketubah#post-1424734 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:04:45 +0000 FutureMrsBondo 1424734@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Hi Bees,</p> <p>We've been browsing ketubot. Most of the ones we come across have kind of traditonal Jewish style artwork. Beautiful, just not our taste. We're looking for something more modern. We've found these (http://www.etsy.com/shop/jenniferraichman?page=2) custom ketubot by Jennifer Raichman on Etsy, and these are definitely some of our favorites so far.</p> <p>If you've used a less traditional, more modern looking ketuba, please share a pic!</p> <p>Thanks!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/when-to-order-kippot-benchers-etc#post-3141197 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:57:21 +0000 Rugelach 3141197@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>So, I have a wedding timeline through weddingwire, but obviously it does not tell me when I need to do things like order kippot, benchers, and the ketubah. Anyone have any thoughts about this?</p> <p>Also, how many kippot/benchers are you ordering? Do you need to order them for all your guests, or do you assume that there will be some people who won't take them? We are having around 200 guests, of diverse religious backgrounds.</p> <p>Thanks all!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/who-stands-under-the-chuppah-1#post-3209537 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:13 +0000 atlantabride 3209537@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Ok, this is my first post on here, but I'm looking for some advice. My parents divorced when I was pretty young and my father remarried shortly after (when I was about 9 or so). I lived with my mother growing up but did spend a lot of time with my dad and stepmother. My parents don't really get along and of course the wedding is causing more conflict...the current big debate with who gets to stand under the chuppah and when/how they get there. Everyone has actually agreed that my mom and dad are walking me down the aisle - but my dad insists my stepmother be up under the chuppah (going as far to say he'd rather have no one under there then not have her next to him!) and my mom feels she shouldn't be (but is at this point willing for her to be up there for some portion). Has anyone else been in a similar situation? What did you do?</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/officiant-cost-1#post-3097163 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:58:07 +0000 lanipapillon 3097163@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>So my FI and I met with a Rabbi this morning as a potential officiant. We both loved her, but then she told us how much she charged...$1,800!!! &nbsp;We would meet with her five or six times and our ceremony would be personalized (within the Jewish framework). Is this is a lot or a little for an officiant (she hinted that other Rabbi's in NYC charge as much as $2,200!)</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/where-do-i-get-a-chuppah#post-604788 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:54:55 +0000 GirlWithARing 604788@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>We're having an interfaith wedding with a riverside ceremony and would really like to have a chuppah. Where could we rent one for a good price? I got a quote for $400 from a florist for their most basic one (literally 4 poles and a white cloth, no flowers or decor) which seems ridiculous. I would pay $400 for something really nice with flowers and maybe a pretty cloth at the top, but not for something so basic. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to get chuppahs cheaper or does that sound like a reasonable price?&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/pictures-and-ketubah-signing-before-ceremony#post-2264576 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 02:52:33 +0000 brooklyngirlie22 2264576@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Hey Bee's, wondering if any of you are doing this, or have been to a wedding where this was done...? &nbsp;</p> <p>My rabbi wants FIand I to sign our ketubah before the wedding. Which means FI would have to see me before I walk down the aisle, which I'm a bit upset about. Then the ketubah will be displayed during the ceremony. After the ceremony he wants us to have the Yichud time. So I asked how everyone is coralled again to do pictures after that, and he suggests I do those before the ceremony too. I guess this time-wise is not the way I planned on my wedding going. What do you all think?&nbsp;Please note this is a conservative rabbi, and we chose him because my family's rabbi wouldn't marry us because FI's mom isn't jewish, so we got a recommendation for this one.</p> <p>One other thing..my cousins did not have to have pictures or the ketubah signig first, were interfaith marriages, (we were both raised Jewish) and I think had a more reform rabbi.</p> <p>thoughts..? Just kinda bummed about the "surprise" factor. thank you!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/jewish-brides-when-did-you-dance-the-horah#post-2815095 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:21:22 +0000 MaraBeth 2815095@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>We are working on our reception timeline and I'm not sure when we should do horah dancing. Should we start with a few horah dances when the reception room opens right before dinner, or do it in the middle of regular dancing time? If you did the chair lifts, when did you do that?</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/veil-help-for-bedeken#post-3036865 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:40:18 +0000 GretaCT 3036865@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>I love this veil from David's Bridal.</p> <p><img src="http://bios.weddingbee.com/pics/104539/viel.jpg" /></p> <p>But I want another tier to do the bedeken. I found this blusher and was thinking of having it sewn on.&nbsp; But the blusher is just a cut edge without beading and I am wondering if it would obscure the things I love about the veil.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Bridal-Blusher-Veil-384">http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Bridal-Blusher-Veil-384</a></p> <p>Any thoughts? Thank you!</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/should-aufruf-be-day-of-or-week-before#post-2746300 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:14:10 +0000 Chatanzilla 2746300@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Our wedding is on a Saturday night after Shabbat. &nbsp;We are wondering whether we should have the aufruf earlier that day or the week before. &nbsp;</p> <p>The advantage of the week before is that we would have more time to celebrate the aufruf (for example having a Kiddush lunch) and that we would have more time to get ready the day of.</p> <p>The advantage of the day of is that more family would be able to attend, and, as it is Chanuka, Hallel will be chanted.</p> <p>Thoughts? &nbsp;Would we have enough time to get ready for the wedding between the end of services and the wedding?</p> http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/who-stands-under-the-chuppah#post-3055463 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:37:38 +0000 abarber3 3055463@http://boards.weddingbee.com/ <p>Our wedding is interfaith, but this question can probably better be answered here. My Jewish FMIL says that our parents will stand under the chuppah with us for the entire ceremony. This sounds really awkward to me, especially since my mother doesn't want to stand under the chuppah at all and plans to watch from the front row and my father who is himself a pastor may even be officiating with the rabbi. That means that it'll be me and my fiance and his parents in front of the officiant(s). I didn't sign up to marry all three of them and the implications of his parents standing directly beside him (FMIL drew a picture for us of how she plans for it to be) as we say our vows, etc. is really weirding me out, to be quite frank. I don't want to be rude and step on toes by insisting that they sit down like my mom (and maybe my dad) will be doing, but at the same time I really don't want them to be with us at that exact moment.</p>