There is a minhag among some people in recent years to wear a raincoat under the Chuppah. What is the source of this minhag? When did this minhag start? And is there anyone who specifically says not to do it?
asked Mar 27, 2014 at 22:47
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1I've heard about wearing a winter coat, since in Europe weddings were outdoors and it was often very cold.– YpnypnCommented Mar 27, 2014 at 23:41
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@Ypnypn Have you heard of anyone doing that in warmer contexts?– Double AA ♦Commented Mar 28, 2014 at 4:49
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1IshPloniViKohen, adding evidence for such a minhag to the question will improve its value.– Double AA ♦Commented Mar 28, 2014 at 4:50
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DoubleAA Yes; I've seen someone writing about wearing one indoors.– YpnypnCommented Mar 28, 2014 at 15:05
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In Chabad, kallahs also wear a coat under the chuppah, regardless of the season. I'm not sure why.– SAHCommented Jun 19, 2018 at 22:24
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I have seen people wearing a coat over a kittel at an indoor wedding. When I asked, I was told that it is a matter of modesty. The chosson is not claiming an 'exalted' status that might be implied by wearing the kittel. I was not given a source for this.
answered Mar 30, 2014 at 1:35
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Nit'e Gavriel cites a reason for a chasan to wear his kapote (or bekeshe or whatever) over his kitl as opposed to only his kitl. I think it may have been something like this, but don't recall for sure now. But he wasn't writing about a coat.– msh210 ♦Commented Mar 30, 2014 at 1:57
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@msh210 Since these were 'yeshivish' weddings and they were bocherim, they would not have been wearing a kapote or bekeshe. I would guess that is why they wore raincoats. Commented Mar 30, 2014 at 2:08
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@sabbahillel - In Chabad, the kapote is worn first at the chuppah. In other Hasidic groups, a bekishe is worn even by young children.– ezraCommented May 25, 2017 at 2:55
I was told the coats are worn (by both chosson and kallah, in Chabad) to confuse the yetzer hara about the identity of the couple. (I have no idea if this is the real reason.)
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+1 for the funniest answer I've read this week. judaism.stackexchange.com/q/10213/501 Commented Aug 7, 2018 at 12:31
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1@DannySchoemann Yeah. If we believe the yetzer hara exists, we seem to think he is an idiot– SAHCommented Aug 24, 2018 at 13:37