According to Ashkenazic custom, immediately following the conclusion of the ceremony, the bride and groom go to a room known as the yihud room, where they spend a short time in seclusion. This also symbolizes the groom bringing his bride into his home. This room is locked, ensuring privacy. There is food available for them to break their fast. This stage ensures that the nisu’in stage of the marriage process has been completed according to virtually all opinions, and they are now husband and wife.

It is customary for witnesses to make sure that no one else is in the room before the bride and groom enter. After the bride and groom have enclosed themselves in the room, the witnesses remain outside the door to ensure that they indeed remain in seclusion for a few minutes, and to prevent any interference from those on the outside.

In most Sephardic communities, seclusion in a yihud room is not practiced. They follow the halakhic ruling that the marriage process is fully completed at the end of the wedding, when the groom takes the bride to their shared home.