huppah
- noun
- /ˈhʊpə/
- During the huppah, the couple signed the ketubah.
Examples
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The couple invited all their relatives to witness their huppah in the synagogue.
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Music and dancing followed the beautiful huppah that united the two families.
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Many guests traveled from abroad to attend the traditional huppah ceremony.
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They exchanged vows under the huppah.
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The couple invited all their relatives to witness their huppah in the synagogue.
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Music and dancing followed the beautiful huppah that united the two families.
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Many guests traveled from abroad to attend the traditional huppah ceremony.
Synonyms
A ceremony and celebration where two people get married
A formal event where two people promise to be partners
A celebration for a wedding
An old ceremony where two people promise to marry by joining hands
An ancient Roman marriage ceremony where the bride and groom share bread
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Huppah also came to mean the wedding ceremony because the vows are said under that canopy. So when people say 'under the huppah' they mean the event of the marriage, not only the cloth roof.