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Why is there never a michitza by a chupa? I am certainly not advocating for one 🙂 just wondering. We seem to put up the blockades at all kind of events, yet during a chuppa, which is such a holy moment, its down. Is that moment so holy that it knocks out the need?
I was at a chuppah with a mechitzah, I just can’t remember which shul (maybe the bsmt of Young Israel) but I can’t remember which side they (Chosson and Kallah) walked down on.
maybe because its not prayer – just a legal ceremony. Just as there is no mechitza at a levaya
There are extremists who put up a mechitzah between the chosson and kallah, but we don’t put a mechitzah at a chassanah possibly because nobody except for the C&K are engaging in any religious ceremony. Their kedushah comes from joining together, so I would imagine that a mechitzah would be unproductive to this. You don’t need to separate the kahal watching the ceremony because that’s all they’re doing – watching. When there are activities that require separation, such as when the men daaven mincha or maariv or during the dancing, then there is a mechitzah. I would probably personally not object to optional mixed seating during the meal except for the fact that the dancing is in the same room and all of the men sitting around the women’s dance floor have front row seats, which I do not think is appropriate.
perhaps because everyone is (should be?) focused on the chupa and not the other side of the room? Many chuppas i’ve been at have had no mechitzas, but a rope/ribbon/drapery down 1 side of the aisle to prevent women mixing into the mass of men dancing the chosson n kallah out. That’s something i’d love to see more often
“I would probably personally not object to optional mixed seating during the meal except for the fact that the dancing is in the same room and all of the men sitting around the women’s dance floor have front row seats, which I do not think is appropriate.”
It doesn’t have to be set up symmetrically. I have been to weddings that had the (mixed) reception tables on the men’s side of the mechitza for dancing, so there was no reason for men to be on the women’s side.
I would appreciate a mechitzah just so i dont have to see anyone covered in enough makeup to cover a car filled with clowns.
Mechitzot being used for the sake of tzniut and preventing kallut rosh is very acceptable. A wedding seems to be the type of event where kallut rosh can be a real concern, and as such, I wouldn’t think a mechitza would inherently be a bad idea in these contexts.
It’s not davening. it’s a ceremony in which brachos are recited. The men and women sit separately, so there IS a mechitzah of sorts.
Do any women on the other side of the mechitzah feel discriminated against? If not, why the need to remove it? There happens to be an issur (d’oraysah) of Lo Sikrav, explained at length in chapter 11 of Mesilas Yesharim. Hope that didnt sound too preachy.
On a completely opposite note, a guy I knew once said that he loves Jewish weddings, because all the girls are in one place 🙂
A wedding seems to be the type of event where kallut rosh can be a real concern
There’s usually very little kallot rosh during the ceremony itself (which is what we’re talking about).
The Wolf
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