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Interfaith Wedding Ceremony Rabbi's Mixed Marriage, Interfaith and Commitment Questionnaire

Interfaith Wedding Ceremony Rabbi Stuart E. Davis recommends that each of you print a copy of this questionnaire and answer it independently of each other. Compare your answers and use them to initiate a dialogue to help you resolve differences before your interfaith wedding ceremony. You may want to discuss some of your concerns with your rabbi, minister or priest. Rabbi Davis recommends his Expectations Program:A Way Toward Greater Marriage Fulfillment to help you prepare for your lives together after the interfaith wedding ceremony.

1.  What are my major reasons for wanting to marry this person?

2.  Why do I think that I will have a good marriage if I marry this person?

3.  What are my major expectations about this person after marriage? Is he or she aware of these expectations?

4.  How does my potential spouse view my role in marriage?

5.  Do I know this person's goals and aspirations, strengths and weaknesses?

6.  What do I like about this person? Dislike?

7.  In what ways are we similar? Different? What difficulties will be caused by our differences?

8.  What is my ideal picture of the person I want to marry? Is this person similar/different?

9.  What positive traits are most important in the person I marry? Does the person have these traits?

10. What traits do I consider negative? Does my future spouse exhibit any of these traits?

11. Do I exhibit any of these negative traits? Is he/she aware of them?

12. Does the person accept the real me?

13. Am I hoping this person will change in important areas after marriage? On what do I base this hope? If the person doesn't change, then what?

14. In what ways are our family backgrounds similar/different? What difficulties can arise?

15. What faults and weaknesses in myself might be at the root of my wanting to marry this person?

16. In what ways do we think alike/different?

17. Do I have any inner feelings that I may be making a mistake?

18. Are there external pressures influencing my decision? Would I marry the person anyway?

19. How does the person bring out my virtues and strengths/faults and weaknesses?

20. Which reliable and unbiased people have I consulted or could I consult about this person?



 



 

 

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