BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The porch minyanim taking place in numerous Chareidi neighborhoods around Israel and the US have led to women becoming more involved in communal prayer, as they can hear and see the men praying on nearby porches. In one case this led to an unusual shidduch between two young people from the same building.
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The families reside in Bnei Brak’s Shikun Vizhnitz and are both prominent Vizhnitz families. Due to the Health Ministry restrictions on praying outdoors (which have since been eased), the families in the building arranged for a minyan to take place on their porches. At this point the mother of the Kallah saw the Chasan praying with intense concentration and fervor and decided that he could be a worthy shidduch for her daughter. She asked her brother to suggest the shidduch to the father of the Chasan and this week the engagement was celebrated without any need to leave the building. The two fathers met each other wearing gloves and drank a L’Chaim.
The Vizhnitz Rebbe then told the Chasan who is studying at the Vizhnitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak that from the time of the engagement he should not live in his parents apartment which is in the same building as the Kallah but should rather go and live with his grandfather who lives a short distance away.
It is hoped that the wedding will be celebrated in a proper hall but if that is not possible, the venue would probably be the building where both families reside.
Beautiful the Schar of a mitzva leads to another mitzva !
Maze tov
Mazel tov to the couple.
However, I hope the custom of not having BIG weddings continues. Who needs the headaches to provide food, hall, band, photographers for 300 to 500 people?
Mazal Tov to the Chatan and Kallah. What a beautiful story.
Agree about small weddings hopefully being a future trend. It is a shame that an industry will lose parnassah, but it can’t be helped. Weddings expenses drown many people who can’t afford it but have no choice. I am sure the people who worked for the typewriter industry were hurt bad as computers became prevalent, no one urged people to buy typewriters to support them.
how is a shidduch between two families of the same chassidus unusual?
The chasson was sent to live with his grandparents. I hope they already had covid. Otherwise inter-generational mingling is NOT recommended.