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Enter the Catoctin Creek T-Shirt Drawing

Maria — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:01:08 +0000

Enter for a chance to win one of three Catoctin Creek Distillery T-shirts by leaving us a comment below telling us which of Huppahs.com’s five huppah styles is your favorite.

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Contest ends July 31. Winners to be chosen [...]

Crowd-Pleasing Salad for a Self-Catered Wedding

Maria — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:59:39 +0000

Visit our blog at it’s new home: Backyard Huppah: A Small Jewish Blog for Small Jewish Weddings Crowd-Pleasing Salad for a Self-Catered Wedding Salade Niçoise Platter

I love intimate weddings, and there is a special place in my heart for couples who cater their own weddings as well as communities whose members join together to make a wedding [...]

How Old Is the Tradition of Using a Huppah?

Maria — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:35:44 +0000

Visit our blog at it’s new home: Huppahs.com: The Blog How Old Is the Tradition of Using a Huppah for a Jewish Wedding? About as old as the practice of wearing men wearing a kippah (yarmulke).

Die Trauung, The Wedding, Moritz Oppenheim (1866).

The huppah (also often spelled huppa or chuppah) became a part of the Jewish wedding [...]

Huppah, Huppa, Chuppah, Khupa – Which Spelling Is Right?

Maria — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:49:59 +0000

The word for the Jewish wedding canopy originally comes from Hebrew, and the Hebrew alphabet has some letters and sounds that English doesn’t have. Different people substitute English letters for the Hebrew letters in different ways. We like the spelling “huppahs” because the English sounds in “huppahs” are closest to the Hebrew pronunciation than the English sounds of other spellings. We also like huppahs because it is the spelling used in our favorite Jewish wedding planning book, The New Jewish [...]

Wedding Table Design Fun

Maria — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:27:08 +0000

Renting table linens is a part of a green wedding planning strategy. Select Event Rental's online table design feature lets you try different combinations of table [...]

Kosher Cupcakes for a Stronger Community

Maria — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:50:48 +0000

Kosher wedding cake purchase provides job training for disabled workers in Gaithersburg, Maryland at Sunflower [...]

My Favorite Wedding Planning Tip

Maria — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:13:15 +0000

Ask ten people to promise to get right up and start dancing as soon as the music starts. Nothing else raises the fun and energy of the wedding reception as quickly and [...]

Wedding Table Tzedakah Centerpieces: DIY a Better World

Maria — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:21:08 +0000

Visit our blog at it’s new home: Backyard Huppah: A Small Jewish Blog for Small Jewish Weddings… Wedding Table Tzedakah Centerpieces DIY a Better World

The idea for this simple DIY centerpiece was inspired by Neilah, who is becoming a Bat Mitzvah this coming Shabbat. Essentially, instead of spending money on traditional centerpieces, you donate money to your [...]

Beyond Green Weddings: Green and Just Weddings

Maria — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:32:06 +0000

Don't just plan a green wedding, plan a green and just wedding. Celebration buying guide and tips for green and just celebrations from Jews United for [...]