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 manually held up by attendants to the ceremony. A chuppah symbolizes the home that the couple will build together.
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
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 which is signed by two witnesses, a chuppah or huppah, a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy, and the breaking of a glass.
Traditional nissu'in in Eastern Europe during the 20th century
Signing of the ketubah (marriage contract)
A decorated ketubah
Jewish Wedding, Venice, 1780 Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme