Before the Ceremony
Name of the marriage contract
Ketubah
The name of the wedding canopy on Hebrew
Chuppah
Means togetherness
Yichud
The marriage contract signing
Ketubah
Amount of the ketubah read by the Sfaradim
First few lines
Strange tradition of the mothers
Breaking the plate
Part of the service at the end to remember the Beit Mikdash
Breaking of glass
Kind of Jew who celebrates the "Togetherness" part
Ashkenazi
Bedeken
Veiling of the bride
Amount of the Ketubah read by the Ashkenazim
The whole ketubah
What happens during the Bedeken
Veiling the bride
Happens 7 times
Circling
The thing guests are commanded to do during the wedding feast
Celebrate!
People who do the Plate Breaking
Mothers
Replaces the Bedeken in Sfardi ceremonies
Henna party
The name of the groom's table
Tisch
Kiddushin
Formal engagement
Part of the party missing from the description
Gifts - they are opened afterwards
Kiddushin
Formal engagement
Yichud
Part of the after ceremony done by Ashkenazim but not Sfaradim
Welcoming the bride in Hebrew
Hachnasat Kalah
Nissuin
Vows (actual wedding)
Wedding feast in Hebrew
Seudat Mitzvah
Nissuin
Vows (actual wedding)
The point of the Sfardic henna party
Keep away the evil eye