Chuppah
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A chuppah 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 manuall
A chuppah at the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C.
A chuppah wedding in kibbutz Eilot, Israel
Orthodox Jewish wedding with chuppah in Vienna's first district, 2007
Chuppa at a synagogue in Toronto, Canada
Jewish wedding
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A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ketubah that is signed by two witnesses, a
Chuppah
…חֻפָּה, romanized: ḥuppā, lit. 'canopy, covering', Yiddish: חֻפָּה, romanized: khupe~khipe) 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…
Jewish Wedding, painting by Jozef Israëls, 1903
A decorated ketubah from Mumbai
Signing of the ketubah (marriage contract)