What ceremony is performed beneath a chuppah?
Chuppah and the "chuppah" lost its original meaning, with various other customs replacing it. Indeed, in post-talmudic times the use of the "chuppa" chamber ceased; the custom that became most common instead was to 'perform the whole combined ceremony under a canopy, to which the term "chuppah" was then applied, and to regard the bride's entry under the canopy as a symbol of the consummation of the marriage'. The canopy 'created the semblance of a room'. There are legal varying opinions as to how the chuppah ceremony is to be performed today. Major opinions include standing under the canopy, and secluding
Chuppah under the canopy; however, there are other views. A traditional "chuppah", especially in Orthodox Judaism, recommends that there be open sky exactly above the "chuppah", although this is not mandatory among Sephardic communities. If the wedding ceremony is held indoors in a hall, sometimes a special opening is built to be opened during the ceremony. Many Hasidim prefer to conduct the entire ceremony outdoors. It is said that the couple's ancestors are present at the chuppah ceremony. In Yemen, the Jewish practice was not for the groom and his bride to be secluded in a canopy ("chuppah") hung on four