Wedding Planning 101:
The Wedding Program

A Wedding Program serves a similar function as the Bar/Bat Mitzvah booklet for the service. The program is compiled and produced by the family for distribution to congregants and guests by the ushers, or inserted into prayer books. It can have a variety of unique features aimed at relatives and friends, guests, congregants, non-Jewish guests, and so on. These also make great keepsakes of the wedding. Here are some examples:

• A step-by-step description of the ceremony.
• A brief explanation of the meaning of a Jewish Wedding ceremony
• Comments by the bride and groom on the personal meaning of the day
• Poems or wedding vows, etc.
• A description of the history and tradition behind the ketubah, the chuppah, or rituals such as circling, the Seven Blessings, and breaking the glass
• An explanation of the music used in the processional or during the ceremony
• The text of your ketubah
• Copy of the wedding invitation
• Comments from close relatives
• Photographs of the bride and groom.
• Creative additions like ribbon or lace are nice.
• Check with your Rabbi first before making copies to distribute