| | Rabbi (addressing the bridegroom): "Then, do you, _________________, put this ring upon the finger of your bride and say to her: 'Be thou consecrated to me, as my wife, by this ring, according to the Law of Moses and of Israel.'"
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The Rabbi then asks the bride to repeat the following:
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| | "May this ring I receive from thee be a token of my having become thy wife according to the Law of Moses and of Israel."
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If two rings are used, the bride may say:
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| | "This ring is a symbol that thou art my husband in accordance with the Law of Moses and Israel."
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In a Reformed service there is a distinctly separate wedding vow that is read by the rabbi and affirmed by the bride and groom:
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| | "O God, supremely blessed, supreme in might and glory, guide and bless this groom and bride. Standing here in the presence of God, the Guardian of the home, ready to enter into the bond of wedlock, answer in the fear of God, and in the hearing of those assembled:
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