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Is there a comprehensive source that lists all various orthodox wedding customs (mitzvah tantz, mezinkah, etc.)?

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"[A] comprehensive source that lists all various orthodox wedding customs" may not exist, but Made in Heaven: A Jewish Wedding Guide by R' Aryeh Kaplan is probably a good starting point. – Seth J Oct 16 '12 at 15:58
White wine at the chuppah. – Double AA♦ Oct 16 '12 at 16:38
Are you looking for customs at all Orthodox weddings or all customs for Orthodox weddings in different communities? – Double AA♦ Oct 16 '12 at 16:39

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HaNissuim KHilkhatam is a good source of varied minhagim.

I would also look at Rav Daniel Sperber's Minhagei Yisrael which is an 8 volume set documenting thousands and thousands of minhagim from around the Jewish world.

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Nitei Gavriel Hilchos Nesuin 1 & Nitei Gavriel Hilchos Nesuin 2

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+1, a great source, though I doubt it's what the asker sought (emphasis supplied): "a comprehensive source that lists all various orthodox wedding customs". That probably doesn't exist. – msh210♦ Oct 16 '12 at 15:43
@msh210 I was actually hoping for a website or some other digital format which many people could add to. Something like that could conceivably list them all, no? – user1668 Oct 16 '12 at 17:14
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@PM: Conceivably? Yes. Likely? Not IMO. Customs could vary from town to town within a single area of the Ukraine (for example). – msh210♦ Oct 16 '12 at 17:16

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