I had never been to a Jewish wedding before our own, so I'm not completely sure when I first heard of them. Although it could have been in Mrs. Peep Toe's ceremony on weddingbee. One thing that really stuck with me is how she had friends and family read one. Also, they didn't use the traditional blessings, but rather readings (in English) that captured the theme of each of the blessings.
While I didn't want to go as abstract as her, I knew we wouldn't use a completely traditional version either. A New Jewish Wedding actually has several interpretations of them. So I gave the book the the boy, let him choose his favorite, and that's what we used. Now, going back to the ceremony in progress.
Blessed is the creation of the fruit of the wine.
Our rabbi said the first blessing over the wine, and my godmother said the second and third. When I showed her the two I'd wanted her to say, she said they were perfect since she was there with my mom when I was born.
Blessed is the creation of the human being.
The forth blessing was said by my MOH's mom, who I consider to be my second mom.
My MIL said the fifth blessing.
Similar to how the mother of one of my bridesmaids said a blessing, the mother of one of the boy's groomsmen said the sixth blessing.
Finally, the seventh blessing was my dad's.
At this point we both had a second sip of wine, although unfortunately I don't have any photos of that happening. But I assure you, in case you were worried, that it did actually happen.
Did you, or would you, ask your friends and family to take part in your wedding ceremony?
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I had 6 people say the 7 blessings at my wedding. there was a mistake with the order I assigned them in so everyone had to read one earlier than they were expecting! my brother in law was supposed to do the 7th but ended up with the 6th, so I told him to do the 7th too. Let's see, they were said by my dad, my brother, my father in law, a friend of my husband's family, my brother in law, and my other brother in law.
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