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Thursday, Kislev 14, 5776 / November 26, 2015 – HAKHEL YEAR

Instead of the regular Torah Fax content about the Parsha of the week, I would like to take this opportunity and express a special Mazal Tov to Ariel Biegel andSarah Techiya Litman, a very special couple who are getting married tonight, in Jerusalem.

Weddings are one of the happiest times in a person’s life. It is also the most joyful day for parents when they finally get to lead their son or daughter to the Chupah (marriage canopy). It is the day they anticipated to merit from the day their child was born.

These are the normal rules in normal times.  Then there are situations when tragedy hits. Let me tell you about a unique, bitter-sweet wedding which will take place tonight in Jerusalem. This wedding will touch every Jewish heart.

It is a special wedding, in which bride and groom and all the guests will be dancing and crying at the same time. It is a wedding to which every Jew worldwide is invited. With this wedding, we all feel as family, even though most of us never even heard the names of bride and groom before.

This wedding celebrates good over evil; life over terror; Jewish continuity over those whose goal is to destroy us.

It is the wedding of Sarah Techiya Litman andAriel Biegel, which had to be postponed from its original date on Tuesday, November 17, to November 26, due to the murder of the bride’s father, Rabbi Yaakov Litman, 44, and brother, Netanel, 18, by Palestinian terrorists, who opened fire on their vehicle as they were on their way to a pre-wedding celebration.  

At their funeral, the bride, Sarah Techiya cried out: “Abba, where have you gone? Who will give me away? I wanted you to be at my wedding!”

Bride and groom decided they were going to invite every Jew to their wedding, which was moved to the biggest hall in Jerusalem. I know people who decided to travel to Israel and attend this special wedding.

Here is an English translation of their updated Hebrew wedding invitation addressed to all of Israel:

“Ariel Biegel andSarah Techiya Litman invite you to come to our Wedding. Don’t make our enemies happy. We fell, we got up, with G-d’s help. Our wedding will take place Thursday, 26 November - 14 of Kislev, at Binyanei Hauma in Jerusalem. Am Yisrael is invited to get up from the dust and rejoice with us.”

Signed, Sarah Techiya and Arie”

We all wish Sarah Techiya and Ariel Mazal Tov – Mazal Tov! May their lives together be filled with happiness and joy from here on.   May we all merit the coming of Moshiach very soon. Amen.

HAVE A VERY GOOD, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL DAY