Jewish marriage is, on one side, a private agreement between bride and groom, a bridal contract named Ketubà; on the other side, it states the couple’s commitment before the Jewish community. During the ceremony the spouses have to stay under an adorned sheet, the Chuppah. Its four angles stand for the walls of the house they will start building from that day on. Under the Chuppah, the bride will have to circle around her groom seven times, number seven standing for the integrity and completeness they would not obtain separately. During the ceremony they will drink two cups of wine. After having received their wedding rings, Ketubah, edited in Aramaic,will be read. It will be signed by the witnesses and will be kept by the bride. This concludes the first part of the ceremony, named Kiddushin, and the second part, named Nissuin, can start. Either Rabbi or some relative will read the seven blessings with a cup of wine, from which bride and groom will drink in the end. The groom will then step on a glass to remind that no ceremony will be fully happy after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem andthe ban from the holy land of the chosen people. The couple will be finally led to a private room, the Yichud.



