Hi all! My partner and I are getting married in May and we are having a Jewish wedding. I got the idea that I wanted to make the chuppah canopy out of my mom and grandmotherβs wedding dresses. My momβs dress is mostly satin and my bubbeβs is mostly lace. I have a piece of fabric to serve as the base, and was thinking I could make alternating stripes of each dressβs fabric. I have a sewing machine and some basic sewing skills, but Iβve never worked with lace before. Because Im using the wedding dress fabric, I donβt have a ton of room for trial and error which is my usual MO! What is the best way for me to attach the lace to the base fabric? Should I attach a stabilizer to the lace and then machine sew it? Should I hand sew it? Any ideas are welcome!
Hello! My fiancΓ© and I are having an interfaith wedding and I have been considering making a quilt for the chuppah. Does anyone have examples of a quilted chuppah or have suggestions for size/pattern? I'm a beginner quilter so something simple-ish would be best (to make sure I can get it done by November haha).
Thanks in advance.
Where does one rent a chuppah? We might not have a florist and plan to DIY centerpieces and such. How much do they cost? How do we transport it? Wedding is just outside Philly and I live in central NJ.
What happened to the chuppah? Lorelai and Luke should have gotten married under it in AYITL!
Any recommendations? Our florist does not have a chuppah and the two available from our synagogue are not suitable for our needs (one is massive and cannot be transported to our wedding venue; the other must be held, but we want one that stands on its own). Thank you!!
Rewatching again, I noticed that Lorelai tells Rory to pack up right after she gets the Chuppah. So now I wonder, was it the call, the Chuppah, or both?
Weβre going to build a chuppah to have at our wedding and want to decorate it with greenery or flowers, depending on whatβs good wholesale. Have others done this? I assume you transport the structure to the venue and then decorate it on-site? Or did you construct the structure there too? We are at a traditional venue, so we canβt be there the day before to build it or something. Any thoughts welcome!
My fiancΓ©e saw one on our florist's instagram and thought it looked beautiful, and that it would be a great way to shelter her from the summer sun next year (she likely has lupus and sunshine is incredibly draining, but she absolutely wants to be outside). She is from the south, so isn't as familiar with Jewish traditions as I am, or as familiar as non-Jew from New York with a Jewish stepfamily can be. I told her it was probably a chuppah and that the bride and/or groom were probably Jewish, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate for a non-jewish, pagan wedding ceremony. Would it be alright to have as long as we don't specifically call it a chuppah? Would it possibly offend my reform jewish stepfamily?
I want to build a chuppah for our wedding (7.10.21, if pandemic permits) and have been looking around at what other people have built. I found what looks like a great guide from The Practical Wedding, but I'd love to hear about your experiences building your own chuppahs! I'm Jewish and my fiance isn't (we're not having a religious wedding), so it doesn't have to be 100% standard (we're not going to use a tallit). Thanks!
Looking for links to buy our Chuppah breaking glass. I know there are brands where they can create a piece of art or memorabilia out of shards after. Not looking for that so much as a glass that will (successfully!) shatter and a bag or something that holds it that youβve had a good experience with. Iβve read some scary reviews on Amazon (glass flying out of the bag, shattering out of the bag, etc).
Hello!
My fiancΓ©e and I are in the process of converting, and hope to be done in time for our wedding in October 2021. Her family is Catholic and supportive (if a little confused), mine haven't been involved in my life since I was 19 (so no worries there).
According to a lot of wedding planning websites we've seen, people recommend using a family tallit for the chuppah, which they say can be borrowed from the synagogue the couple attends. We will be traveling to Minnesota where her parents live for the wedding, and haven't had any luck finding one yet, so odds are looking good that I will have to figure out how to build one.
I guess my main questions are these: does anyone have any advice on how to build a sturdy but portable chuppah? Is there a place you'd recommend to get an affordable tallit (we are both currently students so our budget is pretty slim)? Would it be frowned upon if I sewed one/it was handmade as well as the chuppah? As a same-sex couple, we aren't needing things to be orthodox, but I also don't want to mess anything up either!
TIA for any help! I've been on YouTube and assorted Judicia websites all night and figured I'd come here where I trust the community more!
Hi there!
I'm trying to educate my family more about the Reform movement. I identify as a Reform Jew but I come from a very Conservative/Orthodox family. I'm wondering why Reform Judaism allows a Jew and a non-Jew to marry under the Chuppah and with different ketubah text when it's "forbidden" in the other sectors.
We found a Reform Rabbi to marry us but my family is against it for the obvious reasons. They don't "believe" in Reform Judaism. It's really just ignorance. A little background about my fiance and I: I'm a Bucharian Jewish woman and my fiance is Chinese. He doesn't have a religion but we practice Judaism together since we've dated. He's interested in the faith and is in the process of converting but we're not sure if the conversion would be in time for the wedding.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
A while back I posted a question about chuppahs and Jewish iconography after I was asked to crochet one for my sister's wedding. Your answers gave me a lot of good information and inspired my creativity. My sister is now happily married and I thought this community might like to see the finished product. Thanks again for all the help!
https://imgur.com/gallery/68Fzw1C
I just realized it was used in Sookie's wedding. Has anyone else noticed that?
When my cousin got married a couple of years ago, his now-wife knitted their own chuppah. As an avid knitter myself, I knew I just had to as well!
I'm using an afghan design with trees that my fiance and I agreed on. Just bought the yarn online that I will be using and suddenly it all feels real.
(To those who don't know, a chuppah is a traditional canopy at a Jewish wedding. It is definitely not unusually knitted)
My dear friend and groomsman has lovingly offered to build me my chuppah for the wedding. He works in stagecraft for theaters and is very crafty so Iβm not worried about difficulty of creating one. He is not Jewish and therefore doesnβt really have a background in what one looks like and asked me for some photos for inspiration! Our ceremony will be outdoors so Iβm looking for chuppahs that could tolerate a bit of wind. Bonus points for non traditional chuppahs as well, thanks in advance!!
