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Contemplating a Jewish Ritual of Same-Sex Union: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Marriage.

Rabbi Steve Greenberg’s artilce is an exploration of how same sex couples might employ the tradition to create a wedding ritual that is distinct from kiddushin and yet based on halachic frameworks. In his analysis Greenberg portrays the various elements of the traditional ritual and explores what does not work for gay couples and what could be salvaged from within the tradition to do the same work of sanctifying committed couplehood.

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