"In Judaism, marriage is considered a holy institution, indicated by the Hebrew word for wedding, "kiddushin," or "made holy" " (Baerer). For the majority of people, marriage is a huge event involving two people that are commonly in love. However for the Jewish people, marriage is, "a private contractual agreement between a man and a woman" (Rich). This basically means that the marriage is private, and it doesn't require anyone to sanction the wedding such as rabbi or church. This is considered different compared to the United States and our marriages, since marriages in the United States must be legally documented and be officially regulated by a civil official. However compared to the United States where divorces aren't taken as seriously, "rabbis can punish people who want divorces if they were married without proper planning and solemnity" (Rich). Rabbis can punish the people of the Jewish faith for a divorce for a poorly planned out marriage, due to the fact that the married couples are bound by a contract known as the, "ketubah which is a wedding contract that's commonly signed by two witnesses of the wedding normally chosen by the couple" (Baerer). Rabbis are able to punish people due to a planned our marriage, since the man of the marriage should be able to be sure that the woman he's going to marry is someone that he could love, in both action and feeling (Broyde 82-82). Marriage ceremonies also have several strict rules that Jewish people must abide by, before they get married. It's normally expected that the bride and groom are not allowed to see each other for a week. As well as not being able to see each other a week before the wedding, both the bride and the groom are supposed to fast (Rich). The marriage is normally taken place at the couple's future home where they'll live together as well. It's customary for the Jewish couple to start the marriage ceremony with a glass of wine that both the husband and the wi