Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Marriage RitesGroupMarriage RitesBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Marriage RitesMarriage Rites14 entriesMarriage RitesFilter Results14 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-1000 (1)-700 (1)-500 (1)200 (2)610 (1)622 (1)1100 (1)1500 (1)1900 (1)Attested InAllHadith (1)Torah (1)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (14)Closed Practice StatusAllClosed ceremonial knowledge, described but not reproduced (2)Life Stage MarkedAllMarriage (13)ObligationAllObligatory (5)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (1)Optional and voluntary (2)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (14)Social FormAllPerformed alone (1)Performed by a gathered group (9)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (1)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (6)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Clergy or ordained officiants (2)Householders, those living in 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Arabic (1)Sanskrit (1)Kind of ritualAllMarriage Rites (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 14Anand KarajLifecycle Rituals7 linksBedekenLifecycle Rituals11 linksChalitzahLifecycle Rituals12 linksChuppahLifecycle Rituals14 linksHandfastingLifecycle Rituals8 linksMarriage CeremonyLifecycle Rituals78 linksNikahLifecycle Rituals12 linksSheva BrachotLifecycle Rituals11 linksShinzen KekkonLifecycle Rituals3 linksTemple SealingLifecycle Rituals8 linksVivahaLifecycle Rituals6 linksWalimaLifecycle Rituals11 linksYichudLifecycle Rituals9 linksHoly MatrimonyLifecycle Rituals4 linksSourcesWedding (Wikipedia)Has Member: Marriage Ceremony, lead: a ceremony in which two people are united in marriageView the SourceChuppah (Wikipedia)Has Member: Chuppah, lead: canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremonyView the SourceBadeken (Wikipedia)Has Member: Bedeken, lead: the ceremony where the groom veils the bride in a Jewish weddingView the SourceYichud (Wikipedia)Has Member: Yichud, lead: post-wedding Jewish seclusion custom for the married coupleView the SourceSheva Brachot (Wikipedia)Has Member: Sheva Brachot, lead: the seven wedding blessings recited at a Jewish weddingView the SourceHalizah (Wikipedia)Has Member: Chalitzah, lead: process releasing a childless widow from the duty to marry her husband's brother, part of Jewish marriage lawView the SourceMarriage in Islam (Wikipedia)Has Member: Nikah, lead: nikah, the Islamic marriage contractView the SourceWalima (Wikipedia)Has Member: Walima, lead: the wedding reception banquet performed after the nikah marriage ceremonyView the SourceAnand Karaj (Wikipedia)Has Member: Anand Karaj, lead: the Sikh wedding ceremonyView the SourceHindu wedding (Wikipedia)Has Member: Vivaha, lead: a Hindu wedding, vivahaView the SourceShinto wedding (Wikipedia)Has Member: Shinzen Kekkon, lead: Shinzen kekkon, marriage before the kami, a Shinto wedding ceremonyView the SourceHandfasting (Wikipedia)Has Member: Handfasting, lead: a traditional marriage or betrothal practiceView the SourceMarriage in the Catholic Church (Wikipedia)Has Member: Holy Matrimony, LeadQuote, Has Member: Holy Matrimony, LeadMarriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimonyView the SourceSealing (Mormonism) (Wikipedia)Has Member: Temple Sealing, LeadQuote, Has Member: Temple Sealing, LeadSealings are typically performed as marriagesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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