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page turning suspense filled the vaulted sepulchral air ushering the veiled spouse to be while afar off trumpets did blare (arranged by the well known matchmaker Harriet Kuritsky) creating the ambience analogous to a renaissance faire yet contrasted in that this bachelor and other men related to me segregated with females and males at a set distance away i.e. not physically near dictated by mandates of the Hebrew coda stemming from Moses biological tree which separate quarters ample enough to spare until the proper toll of the bell would peal accompanied by yippee! after Rabbi Boyce officiated for Matthew Scott and Abby Robin, the crowd exalted with cheers of L’Chiam with chutzpah oompah’s sizzling and hot. klezmer musicians played schmaltz which accompanied the hoopla as couples did waltz. all the while family, friends and relatives blessed the new groom and bride although highly orthodox, the men removed respective skullcap more commonly known as the yarmulke some plain others dyed women and children broke out in traditional dance and song while other did clap exemplifying Yahweh to deliver mazal tov and shalom as spiritual guide to the pronounced husband and wife who pledged their troth in a snap. toward conclusion of this typical Jewish wedding, a full goblet of kosher red wine got tossed in the air this (in conjunction with crush of the emptied wine glass) communicated a sign and marshaled the crowd to begin a local Jerusalem exodus symbolic and clear. as the newlyweds blissfully and radiantly strolled arm in arm and exited the Synagogue, the euphoric and excited crowd tossed handfuls of uncle Ben’s unconverted rice grown from a nearby organic farm a chauffeur waited to shuttle them to their honeymoon location passersby waved and bowed e'en thy first grade school marm!

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