[Avodah] Rabbi Mazuz bashes 'yichud room' wedding custom

[MDeutsch via Avodah]

From: Professor L. Levine [mailto:llevine at stevens.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:42 AM

> From http://tinyurl.com/z87vq5c
>> Rabbi Meir Mazuz, Head of the Kiseh Rachamim Yeshiva...
>> In addition to the problem of imposing Ashkenazi customs on Jews of Sephardi
>> heritage, Rabbi Mazuz asserted that there as an inherent problem with the
>> notion of "yichud room," in that it leads to immodesty...
>> Therefore, Rabbi Mazuz concluded: "It is a divine command to cancel this
>> custom. May it not be remembered or invoked ever. Even among Ashkenazim."

Only problem is that one of the shitos in the gemara in kesubos is that
chupah = yichud