(Chuppah)
The canopy under which the bride and groom stand during their wedding ceremony.
A short animated film that explains the symbolism of the chuppah.
Freehof, Solomon. “The Huppa.” The Jewish Marriage Anthology, edited by in Philip and Hanna Goodman, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1965, pp. 93-100.
Kaufman, Michael. “The Chuppah, or Wedding Canopy.” My Jewish Learning.
Sabar, Shalom. “’May he Grow Up to the Huppah’: Representations of the Wedding on Ashkenazi Torah Binders.” Romance & Ritual: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding, ed. Grace Cohen Grossman, Los Angeles: Skirball Cultural Center, 2001, pp. 31-45.
Sabar, Shalom. “[The Form and Customs of the Chuppah].” Ma’agal Ha-hayyim (The Life Cycle), ed. Shalom Sabar, Jerusalem: Ben- Zvi Institute and the Ministry of Education, 2006, pp. 238-42.
Sperber, Daniel. “Some Marriage Customs in Jewish Art.” Rimonim, edited by Shalom Sabar, vol. 6-7, 199), pp. 50-68.
Sperber, Daniel. “The ‘Huppah’ – The Wedding Canopy/Ceremony.” The Jewish Life Cycle: Custom, Lore and Iconography – Jewish Customs from the Cradle to the Grave, Ramat Gan and Oxford: Bar-Ilan University Press and Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 194-264.
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