| A wedding is a wedding is a wedding, right? | | | | with no particular religious slant whatsoever, you |
| Wrong. Every wedding is special on its own right, | | | | will find that wedding speeches given, reflect this |
| and every wedding day is special to the couple | | | | tone of spirit. |
| getting married. But if all weddings are different | | | | So if you have been chosen to honor and |
| does this mean that all wedding speeches are also | | | | celebrate with the happy couple by giving a |
| different? For instance, would Jewish wedding | | | | speech, you have no need to panic, right? After |
| speeches be any different from traditional | | | | all, at heart all wedding speeches are the same, |
| Christian wedding speeches? | | | | and you might as well use the same speech you |
| And what about the rest of the world - do | | | | used two years earlier for your sister's wedding. |
| speeches given at any of these weddings differ, | | | | But wait, this time you are attending a Jewish |
| from the above mentioned Jewish wedding | | | | wedding. |
| speeches et al? The answer, in many cases would | | | | This means that you will in all probability have to |
| be an unthinking, and emphatic "Yes!" If however, | | | | bone up on your Jewish wedding speeches instead |
| deeper thought is given, you can't help but notice | | | | of using an earlier speech. Since there are some |
| that although each and every one of these special | | | | very specific traditions inherent in a Jewish |
| occasions as well as speeches given, are different, | | | | wedding, you will need to make sure that you are |
| they are also essentially the same. | | | | familiar with the various ins and outs of it. |
| This means that if you listen very closely to an | | | | This way, if you need to, you can even make |
| Irish wedding speech, and compare it with some | | | | changes, off the cuff so to speak, and not have |
| of the more traditional wedding speeches as well | | | | to worry if you have somehow managed to say |
| as with Jewish wedding speeches, you will find | | | | the wrong thing! |
| distinct similarities between them. The core | | | | But really, Jewish wedding speeches are more or |
| sentiment of the speech remains the same: to | | | | less a reaffirmation of the love the bride and |
| wish the bride and groom joy in their life, now | | | | groom feel for each other, the joy you feel in |
| and forever more. | | | | being a part of this special occasion, and a blessing |
| The difference then, lies not in the sentiment that | | | | or a wish for the continued happiness of the bride |
| is expressed in the wedding speeches, but in the | | | | and the groom. Kind of like any other wedding |
| religious, and cultural doctrine that will be an | | | | speech, isn't it? |
| essential part of any wedding. Even in weddings | | | | |