Jewish wedding traditions adopted by non-Jewish couple

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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.

........and yes, I'm aware that I'm an in law.

I love chuppahs (both the look and the symbolism. As a Christian, I take a bit of an interest in Judaism because they're sort of related. Kinda.)

I don't want to turn this into a "look at all the chuppahs" thread but seriously:







Beautiful.

Sidenote: I'd be interested in your take on this, ellebud. I've seen some couples opting for suspended style chuppahs (as in no poles.) In the eyes of some more traditional Jews, no poles = not a chuppah. Some people say that as long as the covering is there, and the symbolism, it still is. What say you?