Certain rules may apply for Muslim and Jewish marriage.

All Jewish marriages and most funerals must be performed by Orthodox rabbis.

In a more general sense, chupah refers to the method by which nesuin, the second stage of a Jewish marriage, is accomplished.

Without such an agreement, Jewish marriages cannot be dissolved without the consent and cooperation of both spouses.

Figures from the 1990s saw an increase in intermarriage to some 52% of all Jewish marriages.

Further, a third of all Jewish marriages now involve a non-Jewish spouse.

However, it did not equate such ceremonies with traditional Jewish marriage (kiddushin).

So much for happy Jewish marriages in prime time.

Jewish marriages were limited to 12 per year, whilst Christians only had to prove that their wealth allowed a marriage.

"A Jewish marriage goes beyond signing a piece of paper."