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# Some have the minhag for the chattan and kallah to remove all jewelry before the chuppah.<ref>Shulchan Haezer vol. 2 pg. | # Some have the minhag for the chattan and kallah to remove all jewelry before the chuppah.<ref>Shulchan Haezer vol. 2 pg. 136, [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46545&pgnum=118 Nitai Gavriel (Nesuin 15:5)]. Different explanations are given for this. Rav Soloveitchik (Nefesh Harav pg. 256) explained that this practice is a zecher lachurban. This is based on the Mishna in Sota 49a which speaks of a certain rabbinic decree in the times of the Roman empire to ban the kallah and chattan from wearing certain crowns in order to minimize our feelings of joy. | ||
</ref> Others think this is unnecessary.<ref>Rav Eliyahu Ben Haim ([http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/821631/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/how-to-perform-a-wedding-ceremony-part-2/2-/ Rav Eliyahu Ben Haim (How to Perform a Wedding Ceremony Part 2/2)] ) 6:00 | </ref> Others think this is unnecessary.<ref>Rav Eliyahu Ben Haim ([http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/821631/rabbi-eliyahu-ben-chaim/how-to-perform-a-wedding-ceremony-part-2/2-/ Rav Eliyahu Ben Haim (How to Perform a Wedding Ceremony Part 2/2)] ) 6:00 | ||
</ref> Some think that by giving away one’s personal belongings to his friend before going to the chuppah it is some sort of segula. In reality, there is no such segula, but one may do so, since the friend will make sure that it is watched properly.<ref> [http://www.thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol4Issue12.pdf Halachically Speaking Vol 4 Issue 12] quoting Rav Yisrael Belsky </ref> | </ref> Some think that by giving away one’s personal belongings to his friend before going to the chuppah it is some sort of segula. In reality, there is no such segula, but one may do so, since the friend will make sure that it is watched properly.<ref> [http://www.thehalacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Vol4Issue12.pdf Halachically Speaking Vol 4 Issue 12] quoting Rav Yisrael Belsky </ref> | ||
