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huppah

or chup·pah

[ khoop-uh, khoop-ah, hoop-uh ]

noun

  1. a canopy under which the Jewish marriage ceremony is performed.


huppah

/ ˈhʊpə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of chuppah
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

When Ava Friedmann and Michael Henein were married, they used a tablecloth from Ms. Friedmann’s grandmother as a huppah, or ritual canopy held above the couple in a Jewish wedding.

Though the ceremony incorporated Jewish traditions, the couple did not have a free-standing huppah.

“We felt it would be hubristic to design a huppah, itself a piece of architecture,” within the building, Mr. Esocoff said.

This setup, he explained, “met the, albeit loosened, requirements of a huppah for a Jewish wedding, and highlighted our parents, who are pillars in our lives.”

Waiting at a huppah draped with flowing white fabric was their officiant, Lisa Edwards, rabbi emerita at the Beth Chayim Chadashim synagogue in Los Angeles.

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