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9. Special Reading
Have a close family member or friend read a poem or bit of romantic literature during the ceremony.

10. Festive Processional Music
Select something non-traditional for your recessional music. How about James Brown's "I Feel Good!"

11. Candlelight
Consider being married by candlelight - nothing is more romantic!

12. Add Some Fun
Have your attendants hold up rating cards after the marriage declaration/kiss

13. Have a surprise wedding! Truly!
Invite everyone over for a party and imagine their shock when you change into your gown and tuxedos!

14. No Male Relatives to walk you down the aisle?
Consider walking the aisle with your husband-to-be, or surrounded by your Attendants, or even by yourself!
What better way to truly be the center of attention?

VARIOUS TRIED AND TRUE WEDDING CEREMONY RITUALS

Anniversary Wine Box
After your vows, place the following items
into a box you then lock, to be opened on

your first anniversary: a bottle of your

favorite wine or spirits, your wedding
vows and/or a love letter you have written

to each other for this occasion, a photo,
mementos. Plan to open this box on an

anniversary date or during a difficult time
in your marriage to remind you of the love you share.

Breaking the Glass

Breaking a glass at the end of the ceremony is a Jewish custom that symbolizes the fragility of human
relationships, of love and marriage. It reminds us that love, like glass, is fragile and must be protected. The glass

wrapped in a napkin is broken. (Hint from a Rebbe: use an incandescent light bulb instead of a wine glass. It
breaks easier). Officiant says this prayer, “As this glass shatters, so may your marriage never break.”

Guests exclaim “Mazel tov!”

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