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Originally Posted by ellebud
Incidentally if my son marries his girlfriend this will be a very new experience: She is far more religiously Jewish than my family ever has been since we immigrated 150 years ago. She said that she will walk around the chuppah seven times (a mystical number meant to establish a new home safe from outsiders....be they demons or in laws) and have the "full" service. It will be lovely.
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Does she want a Yichud room? That's one of my favorite customs of Jewish weddings. I really like the emphasis in Judaism on the couple being a separate entity from their families of origin.
One wedding I attended, the chuppah was covered by the bride and groom's fathers' tallits (prayer shawls). Simple, elegant, and meaningful.