Married Under A Canopy

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Married under a canopy.

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. Now much later on in life i felt the call even stronger. The couple is married under a chuppah or wedding canopy. 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.

The chuppah also commonly spelled huppah is mentioned in. 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. Under the influence of a different religion all i was taught was the wrong path. It seems so beautiful under the wedding canopy the perfect effect for a wedding.

It consists of a square cloth usually made of silk or velvet supported by four staves and ordinarily held by four men. 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. The chuppah represents the future pair s new home. Ever since i was little i felt g d s call.

But i did not know any better. 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.