The wedding season is upon us, and along with tending to the details of invitations, dresses, flowers and music, many engaged couples prepare for marital life by attending private or group classes ...
Before Sarah Roven got married, she knew she wanted to learn all about the Jewish laws of marriage and get a clearer sense of what her relationship was going to look like. And, as a frum Jew, that ...
Timna Liberman writes from Chicago to ask: “Are you able to shed any light on the etymology of the word kallah in the Hebrew expression yarchei kallah, which refers to study months?” Yarḥei kallah, ...
“When you get out of the mikveh, you should put on make-up and lotion for your husband,” the kallah teacher instructed. “He will be waiting for you.” This was my last “kallah lesson,” two weeks before ...
In Judaism, the wedding day is the most joyous day of one’s life * The large number of participants in a wedding reveals that it is not a private happy occasion, but part of the general objective of ...