{"id":1985,"date":"2017-07-26T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2019-01-06T05:30:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T10:30:20","slug":"how-to-celebrate-a-jewish-wedding-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/how-to-celebrate-a-jewish-wedding-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Celebrate a Jewish Wedding (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chuppah (\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4) is an essential part of a Jewish wedding. It is so essential that it\u2019s even become a second name for the wedding ceremony. A Jewish couple cannot be brought under the marriage oath without the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4. In order to get married, the couple has to stand under this canopy, which consists of a cloth, sheet, or tallit stretched over four poles. \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is a traditional object that even non religious ceremonies include it. I even saw once a gay couple use the colorful LGBT community flag as a \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 on their wedding day.<\/p>\n

\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 appears in the Bible as related to the bride and groom:<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05b5\u05e6\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05df \u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05b6\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05db\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05bb\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc<\/p>\n

Let the bridegroom go out from his inner chamber, and the bride from her bridal chamber.<\/p>\n

[Joel, chapter 2, verse 16]<\/p>\n

\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05df \u05d9\u05b9\u05e6\u05b5\u05d0 \u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05bb\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05c2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c2 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d2\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e5 \u05d0\u05b9\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7<\/p>\n

It is like a bridegroom emerging from the bridal chamber; It rejoices like a mighty man running his course.<\/p>\n

[Psalms, chapter 19, verse 6]<\/p>\n

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The root of the word \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is \u05d7.\u05e4.\u05d4, which means \u201cto cover\u201d or \u201cto cover up\u201d. And this is what the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is doing \u2013 it is basically a covering. There are several opinions on exactly what kind of covering was used for the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 during biblical times. Some believe the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is a house \u2013 the newly married couple\u2019s new home after leaving their parents\u2019 houses. Some assert the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 wasn’t a house but a place or room in which the couple gathers after the ceremony, and left alone for the first time \u2013 something a Jewish couple during the old times (and nowadays in religious communities, too) wasn\u2019t allowed to do. Others think the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 was just a place covered and designed especially for the wedding ceremony. Others believe it wasn’t a place covered with canopy, but merely a tallit used to cover the couple together during their wedding ceremony as a symbol of their union.<\/p>\n

Although the biblical definition of the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is not clear, it is well agreed that only entering under this covering transforms the bridge and groom into husband and wife. Entering under the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 symbolizes the beginning of their joint life. Pacing into the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is their first steps of marriage life. The wedding ceremony is also called in Hebrew the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 ceremony, and in short we just call it the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4.<\/p>\n

The modern \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 is a white cloth or sheet, sometimes a tallit, stretched over four poles. The poles can be stuck in the ground, or held by four men the couple choose to give them this honor. It can be friends or relatives, but according to Judaism it must be men. The Jewish custom is to conduct the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 out in the open air. It\u2019s a way to bless the couple with as many children as the number of stars in the sky.<\/p>\n

Text vocabulary<\/u><\/p>\n

Chuppah = \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n

Bride = \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n

Groom = \u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05df<\/p>\n

Fianc\u00e9 = \u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1<\/p>\n

Fianc\u00e9e = \u05d0\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e1\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n

Wedding = \u05d7\u05b2\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4, \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05df<\/p>\n

Wedding day = \u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05dd \u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u05c5\u05d9\u05df<\/p>\n

Ceremony = \u05d8\u05b6\u05e7\u05b6\u05e1<\/p>\n

Wedding ceremony = \u05d8\u05b6\u05e7\u05b6\u05e1 \u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05bc\u05c2\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0\u05c5\u05d9\u05df<\/p>\n

Jewish = \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9<\/p>\n

Jewish wedding = \u05d7\u05b2\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05e0\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05c5\u05d9\u05ea<\/p>\n

Related post: How to celebrate a Jewish wedding (part 1)<\/a><\/h6>\n

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How to Celebrate a Jewish Wedding (part 1)<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Celebrate a Jewish Wedding (part 3)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chuppah (\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4) is an essential part of a Jewish wedding. It is so essential that it\u2019s even become a second name for the wedding ceremony. A Jewish couple cannot be brought under the marriage oath without the \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4. In order to get married, the couple has to stand under this canopy, which consists of a…<\/p>\n

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