After the signing of the ketuvah, which is usually accompanied by some light snacks and some hard liquor for the traditional lechaims (the Jewish salute when drinking, which means, "to life!"), the groom, together with his father and future father-in-law, is accompanied by musicians and male guests to the room where the bride is receiving her guests. She sits, like a queen, on a throne-like chair surrounded by her family and friends. The groom, who has not seen her for a week (an eternity for a young couple!), goes up to his bride and gazes into her face. Having confirmed that she is the woman he has chosen to marry, he does the bedekin, or ritual lowering the veil over her face. This custom developed from the biblical story of Jacob, who married Leah by mistake, instead of Rachel, the woman he loved.