The chuppah, explained before you stand under it
Kiddushin, the ketubah, the ring, the seven blessings — a Jewish wedding is dense with three-thousand-year-old symbols. This journey unpacks them source by source, with tracks for each partner and for the two of you together.
The shared track
What kiddushin means, the ketubah clause by clause, the Sheva Brachot one blessing at a time, and the home you're about to build.
Chatan & kallah tracks
The aufruf, the badeken, the candle, the consent — the customs on each side, framed as choices, not prescriptions.
Together
Link your accounts with a partner code and walk the same countdown — 'where you go, I will go.'
The first year
The journey doesn't end at the chuppah: shana rishona, arguing well, and the first anniversary on the Hebrew calendar.
Every source is real
Each day of the journey is grounded in a verified text — Torah, Mishnah, Talmud, Rambam, Shulchan Arukh — cited and openable. Nothing invented, ever.
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Questions
What are the Sheva Brachot?
The seven wedding blessings recited under the chuppah and during the week of celebration that follows. Their text is taught in the Talmud (Ketubot 7b–8a) — the journey walks through them one at a time.
What does a ketubah actually say?
It's a legal document — among the oldest continuously used in the world — spelling out obligations to the bride. The journey reads it clause by clause in plain English.
We're an egalitarian / same-sex couple — does this fit?
The tracks are content bundles, not identities: take the shared track together and add whichever customs speak to you. The sources are presented plainly, with real variation acknowledged.