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“Chuppa” is a variant spelling of the word, “chuppah.” Unlike
French or Spanish, which use the same alphabet as English, Hebrew uses a completely
different set of characters. Because of this we have to transliterate Hebrew
words into English. Since there is no letter for letter set of transliteration
rules, we simply spell things phonetically. In many instances this leads to multiple
spellings of the same word. While there is no absolutely correct transliteration
of any individual Hebrew word, there are “accepted” spellings for
many of these words. “Chuppah” is the most widely accepted English
spelling of this Hebrew word, even though you may occasionally find it spelled, “chuppa.” As
Mark Twain once said, “If k-a-t doesn’t spell ‘cat,’ then
what does it spell?”
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