10 Lessons

Wedding and Sheva Berachot Sheva Berachos
The time between the Three Weeks and the Yamim Noraim is a popular time to schedule weddings

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Sheva Berachot Every Day of Sheva Berachot?
Is it necessary, proper, or at least recommended to have a sheva berachot celebration every day of the week of Sheva Berachot?

Toldot A Layman's Guide to Marriage
I was told that I should not include quotations from pesukim on my daughter’s wedding invitation. Yet, I see that ‘everyone’ does! Could you please explain the halacha? "I wish someone could walk me through all the halachic steps that we need in planning our daughter's wedding. I am afraid I'll forget to take care of something.

Wedding and Sheva Berachot the Book of Complaints
My wife and I labored long and hard over the invitation list and over the seating arrangements for the wedding dinner. We invested a great deal of effort and energy in trying to make sure that, to the best of our ability, everyone would be satisfied, and no one would be unduly disappointed.

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Partial Participation in a Wedding
If one does not have enough time to take part in a whole wedding, is it better to come for the Chupa or for the meal?

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Do the Chatan and Kalla Need to Eat at Sheva Berachot?
Must the chatan and kalla eat (bread) at Sheva Berachot (upper case for the week and the meal; lower case for the berachot recited) in order to recite the berachot? (Sometimes one does not feel well and eats little or nothing.)

Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions Filling in a Copy of the Ketuba Late
A mistake was made in filling out my ketuba and the identical copy for the certifying beit din. We had a spare ketuba but not an additional one to use as a copy. Now, several days after my wedding, can I ask the witnesses to sign a copy with the same information, including the date of the wedding? (The mesader kiddushin and witnesses are talmidei chachamim but not poskim, and they encouraged me to ask this shayla.)