The boy is given his name at this ceremony. A special service is held in the boy's honor, and he is permitted to read from the Torah for the firs time. The comparable ceremony for girls is a Bat Mitzvah which varies in religious significance depending on the sect of Judaism. The Ketuba describes the conditions of marriage. The marriage ceremony often includes the breaking of a glass by the groom to symbolize the destruction of the Temple.
Jewish law recognizes divorce, made official by a document called a Get.
Even if observant Jews obtain a civil divorce, the spouse is unable to remarry in the absence of obtaining a Get from a Jewish court. Some members of the family also observe a seven-day period of mourning called Shiva at which time religious services are held in the home of the bereaved. Words written or spoken which express contempt or irreverence about God. The removal of the foreskin of the penis, which is done ritually in newborn Jewish males eight days after birth to symbolize the covenant between God and Abraham. A holy agreement between God and man.