Married Under A Canopy

Mizrahi i identify with you.

Married under a canopy.

Ever since i was little i felt g d s call. Now much later on in life i felt the call even stronger. 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 also commonly spelled huppah is mentioned in.

It seems so beautiful under the wedding canopy the perfect effect for a wedding. 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. But i did not know any better. Under the influence of a different religion all i was taught was the wrong path.

Under the marriage canopy mrs. The couple is married under a chuppah or wedding 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. It consists of a square cloth usually made of silk or velvet supported by four staves and ordinarily held by four men.

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. 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.