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Chatan – groom

Kallah – bride

Kittel – white garment that some grooms wear

Kabbalat Panim – reception, takes place before the Chupa

Tena’im – ceremony that takes place during the reception

Badeken – the covering of the bride by a veil

Birkat kallah – special prayer that bride says during the badeken, often it is written out decoratively and is displayed in the home

Chuppah – the canopy

Shehecheyanu – the blessing that God has brought us to this moment

Talit – prayer shawl

Kiddushin – sanctification, refers to the wine that is drunk and the actual wedding

Ketubah – Marriage Contract

Sheva brachot – seven blessing recited under the chupah

Mazel Tov – congratulations!

Yichud room – room where bride and groom go after the wedding, where they may eat and spend some time together before rejoining the festivities

Seudah – festive meal

Birkat Hamazon – grace after meals

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Your Jewish wedding day customs

A Kittel traditionally worn by the groom at a Jewish Wedding Ceremony

The Jewish wedding day can be the happiest day of your life. It is also considered one of the holiest days. It represents the moment before the Bride and Groom are about to end the first part of their life, and embark on the next part. The Rabbi’s compare it to a personal Yom Kippur, a day of retrospection and a day when all the bride and groom’s past mistakes are forgiven as they merge into a new, complete soul.

For this reasons there are many customs and signs associated with Yom Kippur on the wedding day.

* The chatan and kallah traditionally fast (from dawn until after the completion of the marriage ceremony).
* In the afternoon prayers the Chatan and Kallah traditionally recite the Yom Kippur confessional prayer.
* At the ceremony, the chatan wears a kittel, the traditional white robe worn on Yom Kippur.

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