How To Celebrate a Traditional Jewish Wedding

Step 4: Escort to the Chuppah

The bride and groom are escorted to the Chuppah. On their wedding day, the bride and groom are viewed as equal in status to a queen and king. As such, they should be escorted and not walk alone. As they are escorted to the Chuppah, joyful music and singing also accompany them.

Sometimes candles are carried by the escorts. The Hebrew word for candle is Ner. The word Ner has a numerological value of 250 (the letter nun is 50, the letter raysh is 200). A man has 248 organs, and a woman has 252 organs. Two candles (2x250) has a value of 500, and when you combine a man and a woman you have 500 organs. The candles, then, symbolize the oneness which will come about as the couple is united under the Chuppah.