Rabbi Dr. Jana L. DeBenedetti
Jewish marriages are covenantal relationships too. Christian weddings are not boring. Jewish weddings are usually joyful. In fact, there is a commandment to celebrate with the bride and groom. There is also a contract that is part of a wedding. It keeps the woman protected and is filled with promises to take care of her.
There is a story about a king that asked a rabbi what God has been doing since God created the world. The rabbi said that God has been busy making marriages. The king said that sounded easy. The king got hundreds of men and hundreds of women from his kingdom, put them together and married them. As you can imagine, almost none of the marriages were successful. The king realized that God was good at matchmaking.
I like thinking that God is our matchmaker. I also always feel like when there is a wedding, the whole world changes – not just the life of the couple. A new family exists. The world has connections that had never been there before. And I love when the couple knows that it is important to have the wedding be blessed, and make it not just a joyous experience, but a spiritual one.
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