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A Jewish Wedding is one of the most familiar Jewish customs to most people today. There is the chuppah, the wedding canopy, the guests, the kallah and chatan, or bride and groom, and the simcha, or joy of the wedding. But, according to Jewish custom, the most important element of the ceremony is one sentence that is said by the groom to his bride. This sentence is as follows, "With this ring you are consecrated to me as my wife in accordance with the law (more accurately, religious teaching) of Moses and the people Israel." The Jewish wedding ring is then placed on the index finger of the right hand of the bride. Jewish Wedding Rings are the most symbolic of the wedding ceremony and is what remains after the breaking of the glass has occurred and the party has ended.

Types of Jewish Wedding Rings

From Gold, Silver, to Platinum, the range of Jewish wedding rings varies. The designs can be the most intricate in detail to the most plain and classic of any variation. The wedding ring for all Jews and Jewish custom has its high importance like many other items, but few hold such prominent importance as the wedding ring. The wedding ring, like the engagement ring, symbolizes the everlasting love between couples. The circle of the ring bears the symbol of neither beginning nor end in its form.

Symbolism and the Jewish Wedding

Nisuin, or marriage in Hebrew is the term used in what marriage is once the most memorable sentence is spoken, as previously stated. There is also a ketubah, or marriage contact involved with the wedding ceremony, but the wedding ring involved is the most symbolic of love, devotion, and Jewish tradition wrapped into one trinket.

The words, "I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me," from the book, The Song of Songs, written by King Solomon himself is one of the most popular words that are engraved into Jewish wedding rings worldwide. This quote from one of the most cherished books of all time symbolizes upon ones Jewish wedding ring the eternal bond, a bond that has lasted throughout the ages.

The giving of rings is a tradition known in Christian circles and Christian weddings. In Traditional Jewish weddings, however, it is the groom who gives his bride the ring. Many non-Orthodox Jewish women reply to their groom by giving a ring, and recite an appropriate passage, possibly from the Song of Songs, Ani l'dodi v'dodi Li ("I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me). Despite the possible differences, most Jewish Weddings do involve the receiving of two rings even if the bride simply puts her new husband's ring on his finger without saying any special phrase, per say.

Overall, the demand for the most elegant, most thoughtful wedding ring in Jewish circles is high during almost every family's simcha, or festive occasion. Without this special consecration of the highest bond known, Jewish custom states that a man or woman who is unmarried is, essentially incomplete. Therefore, Jewish Wedding Rings have for all time until today been the ultimate symbol of love for the most sacred bond on earth.