Jewish wedding customs are among the most soulful and touching marriage traditions. Indeed, many of them date back for millennia, deriving as they do from established practices described in the Hebrew Bible, many parts of which were written down as long ago as 922 to 586 BC.

Adding even some of the customs described below to a contemporary Jewish wedding will fill the ceremony with a rich sense of history and meaning. Some of them, such as the bedecken, the hakafot, and the chair dance, would even be appropriate as part of a wedding ceremony conducted following the traditions of another faith or culture.