Blending Traditions
Blended Traditions
Our rabbi isn’t allowed to co-officiate, but she is open to helping us blend traditions and make everyone feel welcome. We’ve been struggling with some of the ways to find that middle ground and honor both my Irish Catholic family and O’s Jewish roots. (The Jewish bits aren’t really a challenge.)
In Judiasm, the bride is presented with a ketubah, or marriage contract, that lays out the ideals of their marriage. These days, ketubot are beautifully embellished works of art. Since we’re talking about Jewish art, there are lots of really hideous options. I don’t mean to hate, but look at this, and tell me you’d want it on your bedroom wall forever:
(Funny Note: I found this on another blog, talking about how hard it is to find a ketubah you don’t hate. They had an additional challenge: needing a same-sex ketubah several years ago.)
In any event, O suggested we find a Celtic ketubah . We didn’t like the two standard options we found online, so we’ll be commissioning a Celtic mat to frame our text-only ketubah. So even though our art will not be done (or probably even started) before the wedding, we’ll have a Celtic ketubah on our bedroom wall.
I’m super excited.
Claire said,
June 29, 2009 at 6:02 pm
That sounds amazing. I’m excited to see it
Sarah said,
June 29, 2009 at 6:12 pm
That’s so neat! Have you decided on the text?
Erin said,
June 29, 2009 at 6:18 pm
We’re using a standard text option. Depending on where you look it’s called the interfaith/humanist ketubah or the Reform ketubah. The only difference between those two is that some versions include all of the Hebrew and all of the English, and some only include a sentence in Hebrew.
We’re hoping for the all Hebrew & English version, but they’ve already sent us the wrong one once.
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