Be sure to consult with your rabbi regarding which religious objects will be required under the chuppah, and appoint someone you trust to take them there before the ceremony. The ketubah must find its way from the tish to the chuppah, and you will also require wine and cups, a glass to break, printed versions of the blessings and any other prayers, and any poetry or vows that you will use at the ceremony. Making a list far in advance and appointing a friend to be sure it is all there at your chuppah will save you much stress at the time of the wedding itself.

How many of these traditional wedding ceremony items you require will depend on the type of ceremony you are having. If it is an Orthodox or Conservative ceremony, your rabbi will probably require most of them. If it is a Reform, Reconstructionist, or Humanist service, there may be more flexibility in the structure of the wedding service, and the ritual objects required will depend on how your ceremony is constructed and what you and your rabbi are comfortable with.

If you are having a liberal wedding ceremony, it may be up to you to decide on many things, including which ritual sections of the ceremony to have and how to contextualize them, since not everything required at a halachic ceremony would be necessarily utilized at a more liberal ceremony. Among the questions to think about will be whether you want to break a glass at the close of your ceremony. If so, how do you wish to contextualize it? Will it be preceded by words of the psalmist about the destruction of Jerusalem? Will it touch on other destructions that might be better known from current events? Will it be connected to personal sadness and mourning? Will you relate it to all of these? In addition, if your wedding is not fully traditional you will need to think about whether to have a ketubah and what it will say if you do have one.