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chuppah

chuppah

2 8.8
A canopy under which a Jewish couple stands during their wedding, showing their new home together
  • noun
  • /ˈhuːpə/
translation icon : jupá
  • An important part of the traditional wedding is the bedekin, the veiling of the bride's face before the actual ceremony under the chuppah (canopy).
  • stand under a chuppah

Examples

  • I picture my father now, standing beneath the chuppah on his wedding day.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Our chuppah was a beautiful tallit that I bought my husband as a wedding gift.

    Blog text (17)

  • "Blessed art Thou, o Lord, our God... ...king of the world... ...who sanctified Israel by chuppah and betrothal."

    The Nativity Story (2006)

  • I'm eagerly anticipating walking her down the aisle to the chuppah (the wedding canopy), yet I am full of bittersweet emotion too.

    Blog text (25)

  • During the ceremony, the couple stood under a chuppah, which symbolized their new home together.

  • The beautiful chuppah was adorned with flowers and draped fabric for their wedding.

  • Traditionally, a chuppah is a canopy used in Jewish weddings to represent the couple's future life together.

Synonyms

huppah
vschuppah
9.9

A cloth cover that a Jewish couple stands under at their wedding

adds the idea that the canopy symbolizes the couple's new home together

Surface Forms

chuppah singular
chuppahs plural
chuppot plural

Etymology

Chuppah comes from the Hebrew word huppah meaning 'covering' or 'canopy', like a simple roof or tent. So a chuppah is the cloth canopy a couple stands under at a Jewish wedding, and it reminds people of the new home they will build together.