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Wedding Ceremony

1) A wedding officiant conducts the marriage ceremony for a bride and groom, having them exchange vows and rings to symbolize their commitment to each other. 2) The officiant quotes scripture about the divine origins and purposes of marriage before pronouncing the couple husband and wife. 3) The newly married couple and guests celebrate the wedding by drinking wine and saying "Mazel tov!"

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Wedding Ceremony

1) A wedding officiant conducts the marriage ceremony for a bride and groom, having them exchange vows and rings to symbolize their commitment to each other. 2) The officiant quotes scripture about the divine origins and purposes of marriage before pronouncing the couple husband and wife. 3) The newly married couple and guests celebrate the wedding by drinking wine and saying "Mazel tov!"

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The officiant says may not lawfully be married, speak now; or else for

ever hold your peace.


Friends, family and loved ones, we have come together
in the presence of God to witness and bless the joining Pause
together of this man and this woman in the sacred bond
of marriage. I require and charge you both, here in the presence of
God and these people, that if either of you know any
The bond and covenant of marriage was established by reason why you may not be united in marriage, you do
God in creation, and sanctified by his presence and now confess it.
miracle at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, where he
turned water into wine. It is this “fruit of the vine” that Pause
is a symbol of creation and the life that we celebrate
today. The officiant says to [Bride]

The officiant pours wine into the groom’s and bride’s glasses [Bride], do you take this man to be your husband; to
live together in the covenant of marriage, to love him,
Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, creator of comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in
the fruit of the vine. health; and, forsaking all others, be faithful to him as
long as you both shall live?
The bride and groom (and the people) drink
[Bride] answers
The union of husband and wife in heart, body, and mind
is intended by God for their mutual joy; for the help and I do
comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity;
and, when it is God's will, for the procreation of The officiant says to [Groom]
children and their nurture in the knowledge and love of
the Lord. Therefore marriage is not to be entered into [Groom], do you take this woman to be your wife; to
unadvisedly or lightly, but deliberately, intentionally, live together in the covenant of marriage, to love her,
thoughtfully and joyously. comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in
health; and, forsaking all others, be faithful to her as
Into this holy union [Groom] and [Bride] now come to long as you both shall live?
be joined. If any of you can show just cause why they
[Groom] answers The officiant says

I do May I have the rings?

The officiant says to the congregation The officiant says to [Groom]

Will all of you witnessing these promises do all in your [Groom], take this ring and repeat after me:
power to uphold these two persons in their marriage?
[Bride], I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and
The people answer with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you, in the
Name of God.
We will
The officiant says to [Bride]
The officiant says to [Groom]
[Bride], take this ring and repeat after me:
[Groom], take [Bride]’s hand and repeat after me:
[Groom], I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow,
I, [Groom], take you, [Bride], to be my wife, to have and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you,
and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, in the Name of God.
for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love
and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is my The officiant pours wine into the groom’s and bride’s glasses
solemn vow.
Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, creator of
The officiant says to [Bride] the fruit of the vine.

[Bride], take [Groom]’s hand and repeat after me: Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, who created
everything for your glory.
I, [Bride], take you, [Groom], to be my husband, to
have and to hold from this day forward, for better for Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, creator of
worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to humanity.
love and to cherish, until we are parted by death. This is
my solemn vow.
Blessed are you, God, ruler of the universe, who created the vine, and so I now therefore pronounce you husband
the humanity in your image, and in your likeness, and and wife.
prepared for them, from himself, a structure for eternity.
Blessed are you God, creator of humanity. You may now kiss the bride.

May the barren city rejoice when her children are They kiss
gathered to her in joy. Blessed are you, God, who
makes Zion rejoice with her children. Those whom God has joined together let no one put
asunder.
Bring abundant joy to this loving couple, as you made
creation happy in the Garden of Eden so long ago. The bride and groom break the wine glass, and the people say
Blessed are you, God, who brings joy to the bridegroom
and bride. Mazel tov!

Blessed are you, God, the sovereign of the universe,


who created joy and celebration, bridegroom and bride,
rejoicing and song, delight and cheer, love and
harmony, peace and friendship. May there soon be
heard, God, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of
Jerusalem, the voice of gladness and the voice of joy,
the voice of a bridegroom and the voice of a bride, the
happy shouting of bridegrooms from their weddings
and of young people from their feasts of song. Blessed
are You, God, who makes the bridegroom and the bride
rejoice together.

The bride and groom (and the people) drink

The officiant says

[Groom] and [Bride], you have given yourselves to


each other by sacred vows, with the exchange of rings,
the joining of hands, the seven blessings and the fruit of

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