Married Under A Canopy

The canopy under which jewish couples stand when they are married is called a chuppah the chuppah represents the new home a couple establishes through their marriage it also represents the sheltering presence of god and the wish for god s blessing over the couple.

Married under a canopy.

חו פ ו ת chuppot literally canopy or covering also huppah chipe chupah or chuppa is a canopy under which a jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony it consists of a cloth or sheet sometimes a tallit stretched or supported over four poles or sometimes manually held up by attendants to the ceremony. It consists of a square cloth usually made of silk or velvet supported by four staves and ordinarily held by four men. The couple is married under a chuppah or wedding canopy. Ever since i was little i felt g d s call.

It seems so beautiful under the wedding canopy the perfect effect for a wedding. Under the influence of a different religion all i was taught was the wrong path. Now much later on in life i felt the call even stronger. This can be a free standing structure held up by four poles or a tallit or prayer shawl held over the couple by four of their closest friends or family.

Under the wedding canopy by avi lazerson have you ever attended a jewish wedding and watched the bride and groom who were standing under the wedding canopy. The chuppah represents the future pair s new home. But i did not know any better. The marriage ceremony is conducted under a marriage canopy known in hebrew as a chuppah literally covering.

Mizrahi i identify with you. Sometime around the 16th century and perhaps a bit earlier there emerged the present day custom of getting married under a canopy of cloth held up by four poles 11 which serves as a designated room with four doorways12 into which the groom invites his bride 13.