tantamount. No matter how attractive physically, physical appearance is not as important as the appearance of the kallahÆs character and soul.
The chatan is brought in accompanied as a procession by family and friends. He also is wearing no jewelry. The lack of jewelry is symbolic that possessions and material wealth have not brought the couple together, it is their love for one another that is the foundation of their coupling.
The kallahÆs face is covered representative of patriarch IssacÆs wife, Rebekah, who in the Torah states that when she saw Isaac her intended, ô64Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 65For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that w
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