A quick guide to the Jewish wedding, Birkat Rivka is an English digest of meaningful thoughts and practical Halachot, relevant for both Sepharadim and Ashkenazim, highlighting the nuances and contemporary discussions of the Jewish Marriage and Sheva Berachot. Coupled with the Halachot are short modular and adaptable Derashot bearing meaningful messages regarding the Jewish marriage. It presents age-old Minhagim and views of modern day Poskim succinctly and cogently with extended discussions about the Sephardic Ketubah oath, Yichud Room, and requirement for Sheva Berachot to be recited in the Chattan and Kallah's home. This is the 4.5x6 in softcover edition that fits nicely in one's suit jacket pocket and is ideal for learning at a Chuppah. For one's bookshelf, consider the larger 6x9 in hardcover edition. Either way, each one is sold at the minimal price possible on Amazon. "In today's busy world we need to maximize the mileage from the shiurim to which we listen and the sefarim from which we learn. Rav Mordechai Djavaheri, a Sephardic superstar senior rabbinical student at Yeshiva University, has written a compact, concise, rich and riveting review of the central issues involved with the Jewish wedding. Chacham Mordechai delivers a high-mileage work that is definitely worth investing the time. An added bonus is for today's world where, Baruch Hashem, weddings between Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews are becoming more and more common, Rav Mordechai helps us navigate these differences in regards to the respective practices of both communities. Even better is that Rav Djavaheri presents brief wedding Divrei Torah so that one will always have something perfect to say when asked to speak at a sheva brachot. The book is an outstanding and can't-miss blend of Halacha and hashkafa. Few books may be described as a must-read. "Birkat Rivka" is a small gem that belongs in the rarified air of the top, indispensable English-language Torah books." - Rabbi Haim Jachter , New Jersey Jewish Link. (jewishlink.news/features/34532/) For events that run efficiently, there are often things going on behind the scenes that people may not be aware of. A perfect example is the Jewish wedding. There are myriad halachic details that the person busy at the shmorg may be oblivious to. In Birkat Rivka, Rabbi Mordechai Djavaheri provided an overview of the intricacies of the Jewish wedding ceremony. In this monograph, Djavaheri details what is going on behind the scenes at the reception, ceremony, and post-ceremony sheva brochos. He also throws in a number of short divrei Torah that one can use in the event that they are asked to speak. - Ben Rothke, Book reviews of a few interesting sefarim (blogs.timesofisrael.com/book-reviews-of-a-few-interesting-sefarim/ ) Mordechai Djavaheri is a Persian student of HaRav Hershel Schachter, editor and software engineer at Halachipedia, and teacher of Torah in Yeshiva University and Great Neck, New York.