Practical Tips: Bride's List of Items in Wedding Bag
An Orthodox Perspective by Rivka C. Berman

• Marriage license   • Ketubah or marriage certificate   • Kiddush cup or special wedding cups   • Notes for ceremony readings   • Reading glasses   • Glass to break after ceremony   • Cloth to wrap the glass in   • Wedding rings   • Toast list, list of honors    • Sewing kit – safety pins, needle & thread   • Bobby pins   • Deodorant, tampons, sanitary napkins   • Headache medicine   • Hair spray – for touch ups and stocking runs.   • Rabbi and cantor’s payment   READ MORE: • Dating Jewish • The Dowry (Nedunia) • Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make me a Match! • Forbidden Marriages and the Issue of Mamzerut • Engagement, Vort and Tenaim • Marriage: A Jewish Perspective • Setting a Date for the Celebration of a Jewish Wedding • Double Wedding, Double the Fun? • Wedding Guests: Who and How Many to Invite • Jewish Wedding Invitations • Jewish Wedding Music Beyond Hava Nagila • Jewish Wedding Attire Customs: From Wedding Gown to Kittel • Jewish Wedding A Second Time Around • Jewish Wedding: The Day Before • Mikvah:The Ritual Bath • Aufruf – A Torah Honor for the Groom • Forshpiel/ Shabbat Kallah • Tallit (Tallis): A Prayer Shawl Gift from Bride to Groom • Wedding Day Customs • The Ketubah: The Jewish Marriage Contract • The Orthodox Ketubah Aramaic Text and Translation • Ketubah Highlights: Content and Meaning • Ketubah Designs • Prenuptial Agreement: An Halachic View • Summary of the Orthodox Wedding Ceremony • Summary of Honors at Jewish Wedding Ceremony • The Bride's Reception and the Bedeken Ceremony • The Chuppah - the Wedding Canopy • Chuppah: The Inner Meaning • The Processional and the Chuppah Ceremony • Jewish Wedding Ceremony Part I: The "Erusin" - the Engagement • Jewish Wedding Ceremony Part II: The Ring and Its Significance • Jewish Wedding Ceremony Part III: The Ketubah Reading • Jewish Wedding Ceremony Part IV: Nesuin, the Marriage Ceremony • Jewish Wedding Ceremony Part V: Breaking the Glass • The Recessional at end of Wedding Ceremony • Yichud: Bride and Groom Retreat from Crowd for Alone-Time • Jewish Wedding Reception Customs and Traditions • Jewish Wedding: The Week After • Shana Rishona: The First Year of Marriage • Practical Tips: List of things to bring to your wedding • Jewish Wedding: Proper Etiquette and Gift Ideas