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Super August 2015

Ketubah (wedding contract) wording help

Jennifer, on December 21, 2014 at 9:19 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 5

I am Jewish and my fiance is Hindu. We are incorporating both Jewish and Hindu elements into our wedding ceremony. This includes a ketubah (Jewish marriage contract). I want the language to be mostly secular, but I didn't love most of the texts that I found. I loved portions of some, so I combined and rewrote to come up with our own wording. I would love opinions. Also, I have included a picture of the Ketubah that I am thinking about, but I still need to get FH's opinion. I think it is fitting since we are getting married in the mountains.

On the Second day of the month of August in the year Two Thousand Fifteen in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Jennifer XXXXXXX, daughter of Marc and Cathy XXXXXXX, and Ashwin XXXXX, son of Taraknath and Deena XXXXX, have entered into a mutual covenant of marriage.

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Latest activity by Rachel, on July 13, 2015 at 2:29 PM
  • Jennifer
    Super August 2015
    Jennifer ·
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    Surrounded by family and friends and witnessed by God, we make this pledge together: We promise to be full and equal partners in life. We promise to always value, respect, and honor one another. We promise to always support and challenge one another to achieve intellectual, physical and emotional fulfillment and to do everything within our power to permit each of us to become the persons we are yet to be. We promise to share life’s joys and to comfort one another through life’s sorrows. We promise to build a warm and loving home filled with trust, generosity and a respect for all people; always welcoming to our family, friends, and those we have yet to meet; and sweetened and honored by the traditions of our ancestors and those we create as a family.

    This ketubah is freely given, accepted, and sanctified by our love. All herein is forever valid and binding.

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  • AprilBride
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    I think this is lovely. We also created an interfaith ketubah. My only thought would be to add the traditional line: I am my beloved and my beloved is mine. It's fairly common for a ketubah, and it made me feel just that bit more connected to the tradition.

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  • Jennifer
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    @AprilBride Yes! I plan to have that added into the graphic below the mountain range. This is something that the designer includes if you want. It would be somewhat similar to this, though the text would all be white.


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  • AprilBride
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    Love it!

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  • R
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    Rachel ·
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    My fhb is Chinese so we are adding Chinese in addition to hebrew and english.

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