25000 guests attend big wedding ceremony
Comments Off On Monday, there was a standing room only in Jerusalem as the heir to one of the most well known Jewish ultra orthodox families tied the knot with his bride in front of around 25000 guests. 18 year old Shalom Rokeach and his nineteen year old bride Hannah Batya Penet, toed the knot in front of the invitees. Some of the guests were so far that they required binoculars to see the wedding ceremony.
Mr Rokeach is the Hasidic Belz Rebbe dynasty leader’s grandson. It is an old aristocratic family which has its roots in the fourteenth Century Poland. More than that he is the only male heir to the ancient dynasty, and one day he is expected to led the community, which is one of the largest in Judaism.
The huge wedding ceremony lasted till dawn. Police in Jerusalem were forced to close some roads in the area. The marriage was also a huge social gathering for Belz Rebbe, with several members of the section from all across the world arrived in Israel for the wedding event.
The bride, sporting a diamond encrusted traditional white wedding attire dress, was kept in veil throughout the whole wedding ceremony, after she was being escorted to see her husband by the female family members. In several areas of orthodox Jewish society, female and male guests were kept separate.
