 The concept of marriage does not apply only between men and women in Judaism
but rather, our entire relationship with our Creator is considered a marriage. Our wedding anniversary is the holiday of Shavuot, the day in which we received the Torah, and just as a marriage should be continually renewed, so too, each and every year we once again relive the giving of the Torah, our marriage to G-d. We received the Torah as an entire people, men, women and children, and we are taught that Mt. Sinai itself, the smallest and most humble of all the mountains, was held above our heads, symbolizing the wedding canopy, the chupah. When we received the Ten Commandments, the foundation of the Torah, this represented the giving of the marriage contract, the  ketubah, representing our love, commitment, respect and responsibility within this relationship. Every time a man and woman marry, as they stand under the wedding canopy, it is a reenactment of our wedding day with G-d, the day we received these Ten Commandments. Therefore, it is clear that when we look more deeply into these commandments, that we will find not only spiritual advice for enhancing our marriages, but very practical and essential guidelines as well.
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