Sun Down/Sun Rise

Over the years, many of my clients have come to me with the same question: Jewish weddings on Shabbat. As we approach the spring and summer wedding season and daylight saving starts, I wanted to share some options for Saturday Jewish weddings. 
One of the difficulties of planning a Jewish/interfaith wedding in the spring/summer is that, according to traditional Jewish law, weddings are forbidden on the Jewish Shabbat, which lasts from sundown Friday night to nightfall on Saturday night.
Some of  the more liberal  Rabbis and cantors who do officiate at Jewish or  interfaith weddings often are willing to officiate at weddings that begin late Saturday afternoon before sundown.
If this is your case, you can then have a ceremony before sundown and have a great sundown cocktail hour.


If you decide to hold your wedding on Saturday night and your Rabbi will not perform the ceremony until after sundown, you can start your event with the cocktail hour first so by the time all your guests arrive, you can move to the ceremony and then the dinner dancing celebration. 

And if you feel there is no way for you to start your event until Shabbat is over i would simply say maybe doing a sunday afternoon / evening wedding is a better chice for you.