It's a cloth held up by 4 poles. Its top covering can be a tallit, or some other cloth material with designs on it. They can be decorated with curtains and flowers. See the attached Related Link.
It's called a huppah. It symbolizes intimacy and privacy for the new bride and groom. This custom is hundreds of years old.
Chuppah.
Don't you mean "canopy?" It's called a huppah. The Jewish wedding couple stands under it to symbolize their future home.
The wedding chuppah is a special canopy that wedding couples stand under in a Jewish wedding ceremony. It symbolizes their future privacy of their new home.
The Huppah is a Jewish wedding canopy that symbolizes the privacy of the couple's new home.
A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony performed according to Jewish laws and/or customs. For a great summary and guide to the Jewish Wedding see related links down below. It covers: The wedding day The Chupah - canopy Blessings of Betrothal - Kiddushin Giving the ring Ketubah (Marriage Contract) The Seven Blessings Breaking the Glass
Chuppah (wedding canopy) Kethubah (marriage contract) Seven blessings "Behold you are betrothed to me..."
The wedding canopy, or chuppah, represents the home of the new bride and groom. Having the sides open symbolizes an open invitation to guests into their home, as Abraham and Sarah did with their tents.
I think it is pronounced with a silent c, so it would be hu-pah
Most traditionally, the groom would wear the skull cap during a Jewish wedding. In certain Jewish communities the prayer shawl is draped over the bride and groom while they are under the Chuppa (wedding canopy).
At Orthodox Jewish weddings, the groom is escorted by both fathers and the bride is escorted by both mothers. At modern Jewish weddings, the bride and groom are escorted by their parents.
A huppah is a canopy used in the traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. It can be as simple as a cloth on 4 corner poles held over the bride and groom by 4 members of the wedding party.
A Chuppah is basically a canopy for a Jewish couple to be married under. It usually would have a cloth, sheet, or a tallit streched on four poles or sometimes just held up by people. A Jewish couple would conduct their ceremony under this canopy which sympolizes the home they will build together.
The Hebrew word "nisu'in" refers to the marriage ceremony or the act of getting married in Judaism. It is the second part of the Jewish wedding process, following the "kiddushin" or engagement period. Nisu'in involves the couple standing under a traditional wedding canopy called a "chuppah" and the recitation of marriage vows.