Miriam & Babak Talk About Reinterpreting Traditional Ritual - A Jewish Wedding Story @BimBam
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Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
12 videos about Jewish wedding traditions: bimbam.com/judaism-101/jewish-weddings

When Miriam and Babak got married on top of a mountain at sunset, they re-examined all of the ancient Jewish wedding traditions and found personal twists to add. One was a water ceremony created to represent the shevah brachot, seven blessings traditionally chanted beneath the chuppah.

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This is part of the Jewish Lifecycles series by G-dcast. To watch more than 20 other pieces about rituals - old and new - presented through animation and interviews, head to youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3E92DW2HbghAmyB-fL-etizvRipmkU6


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Credits
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Director: Liz Nord - liznord.com

Producer: Sarah Lefton

Assistant Producer + Motion Graphics Artist: Jeremy Shuback

Audience Outreach: Lisa Finkelstein

Music: Ben Bromfield - benbromfieldmusic.com

Educational Advisers
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Camille Angel
Rachel Brodie
Mychal Copeland
Mark Hurvitz
Stu Kelman
Chai Levy
Marilyn Wacks
David Zinner

Thanks to
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Barbara Barza
Mayana Bonapart
Danielle Foreman
Rachel Levinson
Russel Neiss
Emily Savage
Oren Stevens
Lesley Wynn

Additional Thank You
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Blaire Brown
Roni Handler
Deborah Kolben
Aaron Mandel
Matt Savage
Ilana Sichel
Lindsey Silken
Leah Yamshon
David Zeeman

Special Thank You
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Matthue Roth

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