Wedding of Tehila and Meir – pics

On Thursday evening we celebrated the wedding of Tehila and Meir! Appropriately for a wedding on Rosh Chodesh Adar, it was an especially joyful wedding!

Tehila started the day of her wedding by praying at the Kotel. Since a bride and groom have a special spiritual power to give blessings on the day of their wedding, she then went to a Jerusalem hospital to bless sick children and their families. In October 2015, ds5 had a serious surgery and Tehila was there when a bride came to his room to give him a blessing. She was so impressed by this that at that time, she told me when it was her wedding day, she planned to do the same. And so she did.

The director of the ward where she visited was so touched and impressed by her that she came to the wedding to let my husband and I know what a special daughter we have. She told me that parents were crying at the beautiful blessings she gave them.

The photos I’m able to share are dependent on what was sent to me by friends and family who took pictures from the sidelines. I don’t yet have pictures taken by Meir’s family members, and most of the pictures I have are from before the wedding when the couple couldn’t yet see each other, so he’s underrepresented only for that reason.

Here are some pictures for now!

Tehila - reading prayer for the brideTehila – reading prayer for the bride

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Family pic
Family pic
Tehila with her brothers
Tehila with her brothers – note Rafael grabbing kippa off of ds8’s head
Fun pic with brothers
Fun pic with brothers!
Rafael - almost a year since this cutie joined the family!
Rafael – just five days short of a year since this cutie joined the family!
My oldest son and his wonderful wife
My oldest son and his wonderful wife
Before bedeken
Before bedeken
Getting a blessing from her father at bedeken
Getting a blessing from her father at bedeken
Meir speaking to Tehila at bedeken
Meir speaking to Tehila at bedeken
Giving a blessing to her sister
Giving a blessing to her sister after bedeken

The chupa was so beautiful- one of the most beautiful I’ve ever been to. Actually, it was the most beautiful I’ve been to. 🙂  I was able to be very present and really appreciate each moment; it was definitely easier since this isn’t my first child to get married and I knew what to expect.

While I managed to keep the tears at bay, I was told by a friend that there were many people crying during the chupa from deep emotion and happiness.

Circling the chasan seven times
Circling the chasan seven times

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Kallah circling the chasan under the chupa

Married!! Being introduced as Mr. and Mrs. Samberg for the first time
Married!! About to enter the hall as they are being introduced as husband and wife for the first time
Meir dancing for Tehila
Meir dancing for Tehila

It was a very special evening for a very special couple!

This is what I’ve been writing and teaching about parenting for all these years – this is what it leads to. To amazing young adults that I feel proud and humbled and grateful to call my children, watching them go onto their independent lives with the necessary skills to be successful in relationships and in life.

Avivah

20 thoughts on “Wedding of Tehila and Meir – pics

  1. Mazal Tov!!!! Thank you for posting the beautiful pictures and for sharing about the wedding. I am full of joy for your family now!

  2. Mazal Tov. 🎈❤ Thanks for sharing your experiences and lovely pictures from your wedfing. What a very special idea of your daughter to visit the hospital before the Cjupoah.

    That reminds me of the story of the wedding of Rabni Akiva’s daughter.

    Should you all have a lot of naches from all your children

  3. Mazal tov! So glad to be able to share in the simcha even from a distance. May you continue to have nachas and bracha from all your children.

    1. Thank you, Susan – I love that you’re sharing from a distance with us! Isn’t it amazing how much has changed in our families since we first met?!

  4. Mazel Tov! Mazel Tov! Wow, wow, wow…so happy for you all. May each and every one of you have only revealed good in your lives, and an eternity of shalom bayis!

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