The Ceremony

The Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Maryland
7931 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Layout and overview of the ceremony

beginning at 6:30 pm on Saturday, June 16, 2001

• The Havdalah ceremony, the veiling ceremony, and signing of the ketubah happen before the guests arrive, with only the wedding party and the rabbi.
• The wedding ceremony itself takes place under the huppah, a wedding canopy. The huppah symbolizes a house in which the couple will be living once they are married, and is held up by guests at all four corners.
• At the end of the ceremony, the groom (or, in modern weddings, sometimes both the bride and groom) gets to break a glass.
• After leaving the huppah, the bride and groom will traditionally spend 10-15 minutes in yichud (seclusion).