[Avodah] dektuch

[Eli Turkel]

I find the reason given for the dektuch (thanks to REMT for the
correction of my yiddish)
as tzniut of the bride and the references to pesukim as stretched.

I have no idea what the marriage ceremonies of Yitzchak and Yaakov looked like.
However, in modern weddings the bride walks down a relatively long
aisle and frequently up
stairs to a chpah. Wearing a dektuch she is holding on for dear life
with fear of falling over her long gown.

Also I find it strange that walking down to the chupa while she is
single she worries about
tzniut of the guests staring at her but on the way back from the chupa
she is now married
and usually goes the same route in reverse without the dektuch.
In fact in many weddings boys dance the couple to the yichud room.

BTW I have seen various minhagim as to when the bride starts covering her hair.
Certainly according to those that she when she leaves the chuppa she
is not wearing a
sheitel tzniut is even a bigger problem.

I would suggest a new chumra of the week that  brides wear the dektuch
also on the way back
from the chupa -)

-- 
Eli Turkel