Comments on: Sunrise, Sunset

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:07:06 +0000

Mazal tov! Very touching. (though I have to admit I did like the one on actual touching)

Love and wishes of hatzlacha to the family !

Aaron

By: Yentl bas Raful

Yentl bas Raful — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:55:34 +0000

Of course, congratulations to the Litkes, but I should also like to thank Saul Lieberman for a translation that moved me almost to tears. What a beautiful thought to take to the Chupah.

By: Earl Goldberger

Earl Goldberger — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:59:21 +0000

Gedalia - Jill and I are so happy for you and Ahuva. May you have only simchas in your family and nachas from your kids. I’ll just ask my parents to add a few more bedrooms at the farm to accommodate our growing families at the “Farm Weekend’s” 25th anniversary celebration (2007).

The Spirit of Scannessee Lives!

Earl

By: Michoel

Michoel — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:29:56 +0000

Saul,
Gevaldig!! Few things are more geshmack than a difficult-to-find makor for a yiddishe minhag, or belief.

You made my morning. Thank you.

Michoel

By: Saul Lieberman

Saul Lieberman — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:24:10 +0000

Mazal Tov Gedalia!

A source (that deceased anscestors are in some way present at a wedding) is the Zohar to Parshat Pinchas, daf 219 amud bet (available at http://www.famousrabbis.com/zohar/pinchas.pdf, beginning on the last line of page 43 of the pdf).

My translation:

“And even though the father and mother have left this world, the simchah [lit. chedvah] is attended by all of its “partners” (shutafim). Because we have learned, when a person joins Hakadosh Baruch Hu to his simchah, Hakadosh Baruch Hu comes to Gan Eden and takes from there the father and mother – for they are partners in the simcha – and brings them with Him to the simchah; and all are in attendance, and the people are unaware.”

Saul Lieberman

By: ks

ks — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 03:34:02 +0000

“It is a firm Jewish belief that deceased anscestors are in some way present at a wedding.”

It IS?

This is announced at weddings a lot “az shtayt in sefarim,” and apparently it’s becoming a common Jewish belief, but firmness requires sources in chazal or at least rishonim.

By: Steve Brizel

Steve Brizel — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:01:38 +0000

Mazel tov!

By: Baruch Kelman

Baruch Kelman — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:44:10 +0000

Mazel tov!!

regards from Yerushalyim

Baruch Kelman

By: Gil Student

Gil Student — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:42:39 +0000

That’s where I know the name “Gedalia Litke” from! Cross Currents

I was at your son-in-law’s aufruf because I happened to daven in that shul. And when people said the name of the kallah’s father I just couldn’t figure out why it sounded so familiar. Now I know.

Mazel tov!