huppah
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Though the ceremony incorporated Jewish traditions, the couple did not have a free-standing huppah.
From New York Times • May 13, 2022
At the end of the ceremony, a huppah arranged by the couple was brought out.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2022
“Full speed ahead,” Ms. Mandel recalled her father saying before they were wed that rainy evening under a huppah he had built.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021
They were married under a huppah, a wedding canopy.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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