The New Jewish Wedding by Anita Diamant This book is the single best guide to all aspects of planning a Jewish wedding. The author tells you how to take traditional Jewish customs and weave them into something modern and personal.Complete and highly readable, it suggests poems, music, and Ketubah texts. From picking out rings, to buying a Ketubah, or planning our party, we turned to this book over and over. Paperback edition (August 1986) Summit Books; ISBN: 0671628828 Buy this book now!

The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage by Maurice Lamm A guide to Jewish law on romatic love, sex, interfaith marriage, and extramartial affairs, this book provides a detailed explanation of the symbols and practices of a traditional Jewish wedding. Written from an Orthodox perspective, Lamm's goal is to preserve and uplift traditional teachings. This volume's careful annotation makes it especially appropriate for scholars and researchers. Paperback Reprint edition (December 1992) Jonathan David Pub ISBN: 0824603532 ; Buy this book now!

Living A Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families by Anita Diamant, Howard Cooper (Contributor) This book encompasses the breadth of Jewish teaching from all corners and calendars. Besides telling how to live a Jewish experience in your home and community, every holiday and life cycle event is explained. There is special emphasis on how Jewish teachings can be reshaped to fit the needs of modern life. A short chapter on marriage provides a good introduction to its symbols, laws and customs. Paperback - 352 pages Reissue edition (September 1996) HarperCollins (paper) ISBN: 0062734431 Buy this book now!

How to Live a Jewish Life: The Jewish Home Advisor by Alfred J. Kolatch This volume, from the author of the Jewish Books of Why, provides descriptions, instructions, and prayers for just about every major Jewish holiday, life event, and custom. A comprehensive but succinctly-written chapter on marriage includes the text of the seven Jewish wedding blessings. Kolatch's summaries and bullet lists keep the information clear and accessible. From stone-less rings to glass breaking, this book's wedding chapter quickly lays out all the basic information. Paperback (September 1997) Jonathan David Pub ISBN: 0824604024 Buy this book now!

The First Jewish Catalog: A Do-It-Yourself Kit by Michael Strassfeld, Richard Siegel, Sharon Strassfeld (Editor), Michael Strassfield (Editor) The original Jewish do-it-yourself guide, this collection not only outlines the Jewish wedding ceremony, but offers tips in Scribal arts that might help you learn more about Ketubah making. Whether you are a creative-type, or plan on hiring one, this book will give you ideas and resources for aquiring meaningful Jewish symbols for your ceremony. Paperback - 320 pages (December 1989) Jewish Publication Society ISBN: 0827600429 Buy this book now!