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In another teaser, Lorelai herself (Lauren Graham), reveals that the chuppah lives.

There is also a ketubah — a marriage contract — illustrated with a bride and groom under a chuppah.

Our guests were seated in a full 360-degree circle around us facing our floating Chuppah halo.

We stood under a homemade chuppah (a Jewish marriage canopy) in a rose-filled park overlooking the ocean.

I believe her answer would have been "no" even if we did have a rabbi and a chuppah.

The chuppah design is basically done — all we need to do now is gather the wood and assemble it.

The chuppah, with its intricate carvings of birds and flowers, and also a goat, became a symbol of their love.

We stood under the chuppah and exchanged rings; we broke the glass and were hoisted up on chairs and danced the hora.

We're having a joint mountain pre-wedding party in a couple weeks and one of the group activities will be gathering wood and building the chuppah.

We don't know exactly what the chuppah clue means, but it's clear that Lorelai has a big decision to make about Luke — one, we'll have to wait and see.

It will be standing under the chuppah with my wife: signing our ketubah, hearing our friends recite the seven blessings, and being lifted in chairs on the dance floor.

The couple, who got engaged in June 2018, said their "I do's" underneath a beautiful chuppah decorated with tibet roses, ranunculus, astilbe, lisianthus, garden roses and peonies all in whites and ivories.

Officiated by Rabbi Robin Nafshi and Cantor Shira Nafshi from Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, N.H., the wedding took place under an arched chuppah covered in flowers and a cloth handmade by Heywood.

Under an arched chuppah covered in flowers and a cloth handmade by Heywood, the couple were wed in the formal gardens of the Park McCullough House, a 35-room Victorian mansion built in 1864.

There were little touches — my grandfather's prayer shawl on our shoulders, my Great-Uncle Josef's shawl on the top of our chuppah — to remind us of our ancestors, many of whom had suffered terribly.

If you'll be having a religious or culturally-specific wedding, make sure your venue is set up to accommodate your needs (for example, the venue I chose has a chuppah, a necessity for a Jewish wedding).

It's told from the perspective of a bridesmaid who witnessed the bride's mother-in-law panic over the inclusion of a Jewish Chuppah (a canopy for the bride and groom to get married under) in the ceremony.

When you're headed to the altar (or chuppah or courthouse) to vow to love each other "in sickness and in health," you really want to tip the scales toward the health side for a long, happy life together.

Hours before I was supposed to head to a farm in rural Virginia and stand under the chuppah, the traditional Jewish wedding canopy, my rabbi took me aside and quietly told me that something had happened in Pittsburgh.

The couple, who got engaged in Venice in June 2018, wed in front of 200 of their closest friends and family beneath a beautiful chuppah decorated with tibet roses, ranunculus, astilbe, lisianthus, garden roses and peonies all in whites and ivories.

The couple, who got engaged in June 2018, said their "I do's" in front of 200 of their closest friends and family, underneath a beautiful chuppah decorated with tibet roses, ranunculus, astilbe, lisianthus, garden roses and peonies all in whites and ivories.

Messianic Jews are encouraged to retain Jewish traditions and holidays — Rosen's New York Times obituary in 2010 notes that he celebrated the major Jewish holidays of Passover and Yom Kippur throughout his life, and married couples underneath the traditional Jewish chuppah, or canopy.

We chose to have a Reform Jewish wedding ceremony (Michael is Jewish and I'm half Jewish and half Catholic), which included our own version of a Chuppah, a spiritual Rabbi, select Hebrew prayers read, and a few of our favorite Jewish traditions woven in.

The couple, who got engaged in June 2018, wed in front of 200 of their closest friends and family on April 13 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palo Verdes, California beneath a beautiful chuppah decorated with tibet roses, ranunculus, astilbe, lisianthus, garden roses and peonies all in whites and ivories.

For the ceremony, which was conducted by one of one of the couple's best friends and combined poetry, humor — two of their friends acted out a scene that the couple did on Nikita — and readings from Jewish and Buddhists traditions, guests watched as the bride and groom said their personalized vows — they were 12-line poems beginning and ending with the same lines but different in between — underneath a chuppah that was built by Bean from the trees on his late father's property in Massachusetts.

The word chuppah appears in the Hebrew Bible (e.g., Joel 2:16; Psalms 19:5). Abraham P. Bloch states that the connection between the term chuppah and the wedding ceremony 'can be traced to the Bible'; however, 'the physical appearance of the chuppah and its religious significance have undergone many changes since then'. There were for centuries regional differences in what constituted a 'huppah'.

The chuppah represents a Jewish home symbolized by the cloth canopy and the four poles. Just as a chuppah is open on all four sides, so was the tent of Abraham open for hospitality. Thus, the chuppah represents hospitality to one's guests. This "home" initially lacks furniture as a reminder that the basis of a Jewish home is the people within it, not the possessions.

It is said that the couple's ancestors are present at the chuppah ceremony. In Yemen, the Jewish practice was not for the groom and his bride to stand under a canopy (chuppah) hung on four poles, as is widely practised today in Jewish weddings, but rather to be secluded in a bridal chamber that was, in effect, a highly decorated room in the house of the groom, known as the chuppah (see Jewish wedding#Yichud).

There are legal varying opinions as to how the chuppah ceremony is to be performed today. Major opinions include standing under the canopy, and secluding the couple together in a room (yichud). The betrothal and chuppah ceremonies are separated by the reading of the ketubah. This chuppah ceremony is connected to the seven blessings which are recited over a cup of wine at the conclusion of the ceremony (birchat nisuin or sheva brachot).

The groom enters the chuppah first to represent his ownership of the home on behalf of the couple. When the bride then enters the chuppah it is as though the groom is providing her with shelter or clothing, and he thus publicly demonstrates his new responsibilities toward her.Levush, 54:1; Aruch HaShulchan, 55:18.

In a spiritual sense, the covering of the chuppah represents the presence of God over the covenant of marriage. As the kippah served as a reminder of the Creator above all, (also a symbol of separation from God), so the chuppah was erected to signify that the ceremony and institution of marriage has divine origins. In Ashkenazic communities, before going under the chuppah the groom covers the bride's face with a veil, known as the badeken (in Yiddish) or hinuma (in Hebrew). The origin of this tradition and its original purpose are in dispute.

A traditional Jewish wedding ceremony takes place under a chuppah (wedding canopy), symbolizing the new home being built by the couple when they become husband and wife.

Chuppa at a synagogue in Toronto, Canada A traditional chuppah, especially in Orthodox Judaism, recommends that there be open sky exactly above the chuppah,The Chupah -- Marriage Canopy on Chabad.org although this is not mandatory among Sephardic communities. If the wedding ceremony is held indoors in a hall, sometimes a special opening is built to be opened during the ceremony. Many Hasidim prefer to conduct the entire ceremony outdoors.

There are opinions that the chuppah means "covering the bride's face", hence covering the couple to be married. Others suggest that the purpose was for others to witness the act of covering, formalizing the family's home in a community, as it is a public part of the wedding. In Sephardic communities, this custom is not practiced. Instead, underneath the chuppah, the couple is wrapped together underneath a tallit.

Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington D.C. Orthodox Jewish wedding with chuppah in Vienna's first district, close to Judengasse, 2007. A chuppah (, pl. חוּפּוֹת, chuppot, literally, "canopy" or "covering"), also huppah, chipe, chupah, or chuppa, is a canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony. It consists of a cloth or sheet, sometimes a tallit, stretched or supported over four poles, or sometimes manually held up by attendants to the ceremony.

A chuppah symbolizes the home that the couple will build together. In a more general sense, chupah refers to the method by which nesuin, the second stage of a Jewish marriage, is accomplished. According to some opinions, it is accomplished by the couple standing under the canopy along with the rabbi who weds them; however, there are other views., Chapter 18Aside from Chuppah, it can also be accomplished by consummation; however, this is discouraged (Kaplan, Ibid.).

In 2010, Feddy married his sweetheart, classically trained actress Ava Burton,Ava Burton Profile. Mandy.com. Retrieved 10/7/15. in Israel on Kibbutz Tuval, under a chuppah overlooking the Galilean hills."Entertaining Wedding".

In many Orthodox Jewish communities, the bride is escorted to the chuppah by both mothers, and the groom is escorted by both fathers, known by Ashkenazi Jews as unterfirers (Yiddish: "Ones who lead under"). In another custom, bride and groom are each escorted by their respective parents. However, the escorts may be any happily married couple, if parents are unavailable or undesired for some reason. There is a custom in some Ashkenazi communities for the escorts to hold candles as they process to the chuppah.

A chuppah can be made of any material. A tallit or embroidered velvet cloth are commonly used. Silk or quilted chuppot are increasingly common, and can often be customized or personalized to suit the couple's unique interests and occupations.

The ceremony that accomplishes nissuin is known as chuppah.Made in Heaven, A Jewish Wedding Guide by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Moznaim Publishing Company, New York / Jerusalem, 1983, Chapter 18 Today, erusin/kiddushin occurs when the groom gives the bride a ring or other object of value with the intent of creating a marriage. There are differing opinions as to which part of the ceremony constitutes nissuin/chuppah; they include standing under the canopy - itself called a chuppah - and being alone together in a room (yichud). While historically these two events could take place as much as a year apart,Talmud Bavli, Ketubot, page 2 they are now commonly combined into one ceremony.

An entire Jewish wedding ceremony took place before 200 "guests", complete with rabbi, chuppah, wedding party, and bride and groom in drag. The event was featured on the front page of the NY Times Arts section. Golem’s music continued to evolve, moving from reinterpretations of traditional songs to more and more original material.

The chuppah (marriage canopy) was erected at one end of the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery, while at the other end a funeral was taking place. The officiating rabbis, Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch and Rabbi I. D. Gorodsky, spoke about the pandemic and prayed to God for salvation. An estimated 1,000 people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, attended the ceremony.

A son was called Naaman, because Joseph was especially beloved (na'im). Sons were called Ehi and Rosh, because Joseph was to Benjamin "my brother" (achi) and chief (rosh). Sons were called Muppim and Huppim, because Benjamin said that Joseph did not see Benjamin's marriage-canopy (chuppah). A son was called Ard, because Joseph descended (yarad) among the peoples.

The synagogue typically receives many more wimpels than Torah scrolls. The wimpels are often stored in a drawer in the Ark. A boy's wimpel would then be placed on the Torah on other special occasions in his life, such as his Bar Mitzvah, Aufruf, and other important family events. Some wimpels were even used as a decorative banner on the chuppah itself.

Indeed, Solomon Freehof finds that the wedding canopy was unknown before the 16th century.Freehof, S. B. 'Chuppah' in D. J. Silver, In the Time of Harvest NY: Macmillan, 1963, p. 193 Alfred J. Kolatch notes that it was during the Middle Ages that the 'chupa ... in use today' became customary.Kolatch, Alfred J. "The Jewish Book of Why" Middle Village: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc.

Numerous memorials and charity projects were undertaken in memory of Nava Applebaum. The top of Applebaum's unworn wedding gown was made into a covering for the Torah ark at Rachel's Tomb. It is inscribed: "Nava Applebaum, A Bride for Eternity." The skirt of the wedding gown was formed into a wedding canopy for other couples to stand beneath during their chuppah ceremony.

During some egalitarian weddings, the bride will also present a ring to the groom, often with a quote from the Song of Songs: "Ani l'dodi, ve dodi li" (I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine), which may also be inscribed on the ring itself. This ring is sometimes presented outside the chuppah to avoid conflicts with Jewish law.

A kittel () is a white, knee-length, cotton robe worn by Jewish prayer leaders and some Orthodox Jews on the High Holidays. In some families, the head of the household wears a kittel at the Passover seder, while in other families all married men wear them. In many Ashkenazi Orthodox circles, it is customary for the groom to wear a kittel under the chuppah (wedding canopy).

The chuppah may be as simple as a tallit supported by four poles, or a velvet canopy supported by poles. The donor of the scroll, family members, friends, and other honorees take turns carrying the Torah scroll during the procession. School-age children often lead the procession with flags, candles or torches. All the youngsters in attendance receive a goodie bag sponsored by the donor.

The requirement to use a chuppah at wedding ceremonies was eliminated in 1880, and the obligation to wear a head covering was removed in 1894. The congregation used a modified Portuguese traditional siddur until 1895, when the synagogue published a prayer book of its own. In 1902, the congregation adopted the Union Prayer Book. Mickve Israel joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform) on January 10, 1904.

In the seventh century, it was traditional for the blessings to be said at the groom's house, and at the house where the bride had spent the night previous to the marriage; this is still the tradition among Jews in some parts of Asia, but in most regions the wedding blessings are now recited towards the end of the formal marriage ceremony, under the Chuppah. These blessing are also recited as part of the week-long festivities celebrating the wedding; in most communities these festive meals occur during the week after the wedding, but among the Mountain Jews they occur during the week before it.Joseph Judah Chorny, Sefer HaMassa'ot, 1884 (published posthumously) Under the chuppah the blessing over wine comes first; at the meal table it comes last, after the Grace After Meals. If both the bride and the groom were previously married the post wedding celebrations are limited to three days, not seven.

Under the chuppah, it is traditional to read the signed ketubah aloud, usually in the Aramaic original, but sometimes in translation. Traditionally, this is done to separate the two basic parts of the wedding.Made in Heaven, A Jewish Wedding Guide by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Moznaim Publishing Company, New York / Jerusalem, 1983, Chapter 21 Non-Orthodox Jewish couples may opt for a bilingual ketubah, or for a shortened version to be read out.

Badeken, Bedeken, Badekenish, or Bedekung ( badekn, lit. covering), is the ceremony where the groom veils the bride in a Jewish wedding. Just prior to the actual wedding ceremony, which takes place under the chuppah, the bridegroom, accompanied by his parents, the Rabbi, and other dignitaries, and amidst joyous singing of his friends, covers the bride's face with a veil. At this point, it is traditional for the Rabbi to pronounce a blessing upon the couple.

Yichud (togetherness or seclusion) refers to the Ashkenazi practice of leaving the bride and groom alone for 10–20 minutes after the wedding ceremony. The couple retreats to a private room. Yichud can take place anywhere, from a rabbi's study to a synagogue classroom. The reason for yichud is that according to several authorities, standing under the canopy alone does not constitute chuppah, and seclusion is necessary to complete the wedding ceremony.

Judaism uses circumambulation in the Hakafot ritual during the Festival of Sukkot culminating in seven Hakafot on Hoshanah Rabbah, the end of the Festival. The circumambulations are also performed during Hakafot on Simchat Torah, where Jews dance often by circumambulating the Torah Scrolls. Traditionally, Jewish brides circumambulate their grooms during the wedding ceremony under the chuppah and much Jewish dancing at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs is done by moving in a circle.

He later apologizes and presents her with a wedding gift: a chuppah for Max and her to stand under for the ceremony. He is very happy when the engagement is called off in season two. Later in season two, Liz sends her son, Jess, to live with Luke. Jess has been in trouble in New York City, though the details remain vague, and Liz is unable or unwilling to deal with the issue.

It is believed that originally there was a prayer room for Jewish worship at a private house. The first synagogue was built about 1760. A precise year is known from the chuppah stone (wedding stone) that was built into the wall when a new synagogue was built. Even some of the furnishings from the old synagogue were moved into the new one, whose foundation stone was laid on Rathausstraße on 3 July 1894.

In November 1918, a "black wedding" (Yiddish: shvartze chasunah) was held in the cemetery during the Spanish flu pandemic. This ancient Jewish tradition, invoked in times of plague, involved community members coming together to marry off a poor, orphaned bride and groom and provide for their new home, in the hope of eliciting heavenly mercy to stop the plague.Baumwolspiner, Chaya. "The Cemetery Chuppah: A not-so-novel simchah". Hamodia Inyan Magazine, June 10, 2020, pp. 12-14.

Rabbi filling in the final details of a ketubah In a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the ketubah is signed by two witnesses and traditionally read out loud under the chuppah. Friends or distant relatives are invited to witness the ketubah, which is considered an honour; close relatives are prohibited from being witnesses. The witnesses must be halakhically valid witnesses, and so cannot be a blood relative of the couple. In Orthodox Judaism, women are also not considered to be valid witnesses.

The delegation march took place before Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and others. British Prime Minister Theresa May and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to the crowd by means of pre-recorded videos."Maccabiah Games get underway with huge opening ceremony in Jerusalem," J. Canadian ice hockey player Avi Steinberg proposed to his girlfriend Rachel on stage, and then married her under a chuppah on stage minutes later. Singers who performed included Lior Narkis, Ester Rada, Omer Adam, Victoria Hanna, and Marina Maximillian.

The letter in similar to the ' , which means "holiday", from the triliteral Semitic root ח-ג-ג. The meaning of the verb is "to circle, to go around".חג to circle, circumscribe; go around, Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Judaism uses circumambulation in the Hakafot ritual during Hoshanah Rabbah at the end of the Festival of Sukkot and on Simchat Torah; traditionally, Jewish brides circumambulate their grooms during the wedding ceremony under the chuppah. From this custom, the root was borrowed for the familiar meaning of holiday, celebration and festivity.

Tel Aviv University, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, accessed 15 February 2009Mario Botta: Architetto, The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center, Tel Aviv, Israel 1996-1998, accessed 15 February 2009 In each tower at the circular top is installed a square "canopy" which drapes natural light onto the walls of the hybrid cylinder and rectangle volume. These installations resemble the traditional Jewish wedding canopy,Layla Dawson, Defining Jewish identity, Architectural Review, June 2005. the chuppah, here permanent and poetically cast in light. The Torah Ark is partially lit by translucent onyx.

In light of this, Jewish activists founded Jews for Urban Justice in order to campaign against anti-black racism within white Jewish communities. Washington Hebrew Congregation is currently a member of the Union for Reform Judaism. It is one of the largest Reform congregations in the United States,"Expansive chuppah: Washington Hebrew OKs officiation of interfaith weddings - with conditions", Washington Jewish Week, September 6, 2006 (as of 2006, Washington Hebrew was 3rd largest Reform congregation). with 2,781 members reported on the Union for Reform Judaism database as of 2012.

However, she departs without telling him, and not knowing what they are he eats them and feeds them to his father, mother, and fiancée, who dissolve in laughter and silliness. Harold considers the "trip" a revelation, and begins renouncing aspects of his "straight" life. He tells his fiancée "no" at the chuppah, starts living with Nancy, and tries to find himself with the aid of a guru, whose name is Guru. Ultimately he discovers the hippie lifestyle is as unfulfilling and unsatisfying as his old lifestyle—Nancy says that monogamy "isn't hip"—and once more decides to marry Joyce.

Plain gold wedding bands Outdoor huppa in Vienna A groom breaking the glass Dances at a Jewish wedding in Morocco, early 19th century 1893 painting of a marriage procession in a Russian shtetl by Isaak Asknaziy In Ashkenazi tradition, the bride traditionally walks around the groom three or seven times when she arrives at the chuppah. This may derive from Jeremiah 31:22, "A woman shall surround a man". The three circuits may represent the three virtues of marriage: righteousness, justice and loving kindness (see Hosea 2:19). Seven circuits derives from the Biblical concept that seven denotes perfection or completeness.

A Hachnasat Sefer Torah procession in Mitzpe Hila, 2009 Members of Mlilot accompany the moshav's first Torah scroll to its new home, circa 1982 A nighttime procession in Beitar Illit, 2014 The Torah scroll is carried to its new home in an outdoor procession attended by men, women, and children. The procession can take place by day or by night. This event can attract hundreds and even thousands of participants. The scroll or scrolls are carried under a chuppah (marriage canopy) as "acceptance of the Torah is seen as being analogous to a marriage with God".

Burying the dead, eating kosher animal meat, marriage under chuppah, burial customs, 7-day purification, bar/bath mitzvah, Hebrew words, sayings, and many other usages. The Ereb Rab Telugu people re-made Amaravati as their capital today and the Bene Ephraim are hopeful to find their hidden Torah Scrolls, Hebrew literature, and ancient valuables when the Government digs out during constructing the new capital for Andhra Pradesh State[10]. Surnames of some Bene Ephraim community in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana include Bhabha, Yacobi, Andem, Reddy, Yehoshua, David, Kapoor, Rayudu, Gupta, Judahiah, Rao, Rajaiah, Naidu and Chaudhry.

In Yemen, the Jewish practice was not for the groom and his bride to be secluded in a canopy (chuppah) hung on four poles, as is widely practiced today in Jewish weddings, but rather in a bridal chamber that was, in effect, a highly decorated room in the house of the groom. This room was traditionally decorated with large hanging sheets of colored, patterned cloth, replete with wall cushions and short-length mattresses for reclining.Yosef Qafih, Halikhot Teiman (Jewish Life in Sana), Ben-Zvi Institute – Jerusalem 1982, pp. 143 and 148 (Hebrew); Yehuda Levi Nahum, Miṣefunot Yehudei Teman, Tel-Aviv 1962, p.

The custom of a virgin bride wearing a veil is mentioned in the Talmud.Ketubot 17b, Rashi ad loc The veiling itself is a symbol of modesty, based upon the verse in connection with Rebecca meeting Isaac, "[T]hen she took her veil and covered herself."Genesis, 24:65 The practice of the groom uncovering the veil comes from when Jacob married Leah by accident because her face was veiled, when he really wanted to marry Rachel.Genesis, 29:20-25 Some maintain that the Badeken ceremony is the meaning of the term chuppah (Hebrew for "covering") mentioned in the Talmud and thus has legal ramifications.

However, Sephardic Jews do not have this custom, as they consider it a davar mechoar (repugnant thing), compromising the couple's modesty. In Yemen, the Jewish practice was not for the groom and his bride to be secluded in a canopy (chuppah), as is widely practiced today in Jewish weddings, but rather in a bridal chamber that was, in effect, a highly decorated room in the house of the groom. This room was traditionally decorated with large hanging sheets of colored, patterned cloth, replete with wall cushions and short-length mattresses for reclining.Yosef Qafih, Halikhot Teiman (Jewish Life in Sana) , Ben-Zvi Institute – Jerusalem 1982, pp.

In some Ashkenazic communities from Western Europe there is a custom that when a bride comes to the Chuppah, she circles the groom three or seven times, and afterward stands by his side. The earliest source for this custom comes in 1430 CE in the commentary of Rabbi Dosa HaYoni on the Torah, which notes that Austrian Jews had the custom of brides to circle three times. He attributes it to Jeremiah 31:21, which states, "Since God created new things in the world, woman shall encircle man." As time passed the custom changed to seven times in some communities, and the change may have resulted from the importance of the number seven in Kabbalah.

Mishkan HaNefesh can be translated as "sanctuary of the soul". It replaces a line from the Reform movement's earlier prayerbook, "Gates of Repentance", that mentioned the joy of a bride and groom specifically, with the line "rejoicing with couples under the chuppah [wedding canopy]", and adds a third, non- gendered option to the way worshippers are called to the Torah, offering "mibeit", Hebrew for "from the house of", in addition to the traditional "son of" or "daughter of". The Mishkan HaNefesh includes several sets of translations for the traditional prayers. Psalm 23 includes the familiar "traditional" translation, an adaptation that is considered "gender-sensitive" but remains faithful to the traditional version, a feminist adaption from Phyllis Appell Bass, and the fourth was published in 1978 by a contemporary rabbi.

Traditional nissu'in in Eastern Europe during the 19th century Signing of the ketubah (marriage contract) A decorated ketubah A Jewish wedding is a wedding ceremony that follows Jewish laws and traditions. While wedding ceremonies vary, common features of a Jewish wedding include a ketubah (marriage contract) which is signed by two witnesses, a chuppah (or huppah; wedding canopy), a ring owned by the groom that is given to the bride under the canopy, and the breaking of a glass. Technically, the Jewish wedding process has two distinct stages: kiddushin (sanctification or dedication, also called erusin, betrothal in Hebrew) and nissuin (marriage), when the couple start their life together. The first stage prohibits the woman to all other men, requiring a get (religious divorce) to dissolve, and the final stage permits the couple to each other.

The rabbis have taught today's Judaism and converted many Indian Jews, while some women eventually married to a rabbi family, many married in the past to Jewish people, but not attached to homeland Israel they still must relocate. They have sought recognition from many rabbis around the world. They always practiced their own Caviloth [Oral Traditions and customs] such as: burying the dead, eating beef, marriage under a chuppah, observing Shabbat and other Jewish festivals and maintaining an Elders Court System, etc. According to the Washington Times in 2006 > Many think the Bnei Ephraim Jews are trying to escape poverty and that they > want to leave this region of Andhra Pradesh where six successive years of > drought and crop failure have driven more than 3,000 peasants into debt and > to suicide.

The match was made by Rabbi Michael Ber Weissmandl, Ungar's son-in-law who had survived the Holocaust and re- established his yeshiva in Somerville, New Jersey. The tenayim were held in Weissmandl's Nitra Yeshiva, while the chuppah and dancing were held at Yeshivas She'aris Hapleitah, the Rebbe's yeshiva in Somerville. Although the Klausenberger Rebbe had gone to great lengths to allow agunos and widowers to remarry after the Holocaust, relying on testimonies from people who had seen their spouses being led "to the left" in the Nazi selections rather than documented evidence, the Rebbe did not rely on the testimonies of his first wife's death. Instead, he sought the approval of 100 rabbis and sat on the ground for half an hour in mourning for his first wife before he remarried.