Most women wear their wedding band (usually together with their engagement ring) on the ring finger of the left hand. Until the chassanah, the engagement ring is usually worn on that finger by itself. Once married, some women don’t feel comfortable with two rings on the same finger, so they put the engagement ring on a different finger (usually on the ring finger of the right hand), but that is mostly preference. I have a friend who did not have an engagement ring but wore her wedding band on the second finger of her right hand (the finger where the chassan puts it on her during the chuppah). I think it is more a matter of comfort – if the band of each ring is wide it can take up so much place on the finger and not look so nice. Better to take the kallah to some jewelry stores and have her try on a few different styles before deciding on what to get.
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