A wedding conducted under a chuppah, with a ketubah signed beforehand, sits inside a set of practices that vary by movement, congregation and family. This category covers the people who lead and support that: a rabbi who officiates, and the smaller services around a Jewish ceremony that a couple may need to put together separately.
Practice is not uniform, and this guide does not attempt to describe it as though it were. What happens before, during and after the ceremony differs by movement, by congregation and by how observant a particular family is, and the people best placed to explain what your wedding will actually involve are your own rabbi and your own community, not an article.
Beyond the rabbi who officiates, a couple often needs to arrange several things separately: the ketubah itself, whether written by a scribe or a form chosen with their rabbi; a chuppah, which some venues or florists provide and others expect the couple to arrange; and pre-marriage meetings, which many rabbis require or offer as a matter of course. None of these is optional in the way a band or a florist is optional, so raise them with your rabbi early.
This category, like the ones for Kosher and Halaal catering, is treated with particular care. A listing appears only once it has been verified as a genuine profile, with the congregation or organisation it is affiliated with recorded and checked, and the guide does not attempt to describe or standardise ritual itself.
