| Bris Avrohom Arranges 18 Weddings | | |
It was 12:00 P.M.., Sunday afternoon, September 18, for the 18 Jewish couples from the former Soviet Union, who were remarried according to strict Halocha (Jewish Law) under eighteen Chuppahs (wedding canopies) outside on the parking lot of the Wyndham Hotel at Newark Airport.
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For almost all of the couples, deciding to remarry this way was a very difficult decision to come to. After all, none of them was familiar with any sort of religious ceremony. However, something changed in each one during the course of the day. Participants, who were complete strangers to the “newly weds”, celebrated the wedding as if they were family members and knew them forever. This act of sheer happiness touched each couple very deeply. Every couple toasted Bris Avrohom with warm thankful sentiments for everything the organization has done for them. It is obvious that, from the time when we all stood together at Har Sinai, we have remained Am Echad B’Lev Echad.
Twenty years ago, Milton and Shirley Gralla, along with Rabbi Mordechai and Shterney Kanelsky, founded this milestone celebration. Our gala weddings are complete with wedding gowns, bouquets, wedding rings, photographers, videograp! hers, flowers, live music, a smorgasbord, chuppas, rabbis, a full wedding feast and even wedding gifts. All of this is provided by Bris Avrohom through the caring generosity of our supporters. These weddings have become a landmark event that is duplicated by many other organizations in different parts of the globe; such as Israel, Canada, New York, Chicago and Detroit.
The weddings were performed simultaneously let by the Master of ceremonies Rabbi Yossi Kanelsky director of Bris Avrohom of Old Bridge The couples surrounded by family and friends, danced and celebrated throughout the day with great joy and happiness. Special letters of greeting arrived from the Vice-President, Senators, Congressmen, Governors and Mayors. Mayor Bollwage of Elizabeth, NJ came personally to the wedding to greet and address all the “newly-weds” and their guests. Towards the conclusion of the wedding feast, special gifts were given to each couple. These were s! ilver plated candlesticks, a silver plated cup to recite the F! riday ni ght Kiddush, a Hebrew/Russian Siddur; a 5-volume set of Hebrew/Russian Chumashim; and a Jewish Russian calendar for the New Year.
Bris Avrohom has served the Russian Jewish Community in New Jersey for the past 26 years, with headquarters in Hillside and branches in Old Bridge; Fair Lawn and Jersey City offering a variety of educational, social and religious services. The organization is well known for providing brissin, bar mitzvos, weddings, ESL courses, Yeshiva education and continuing adult education courses. To date, 438 Jewish Russian couples have been married through Bris Avrohom.
The organization’s headquarters are located at 910 Salem Avenue Hillside, New Jersey. For more information or participation in future events, please call (908) 289-0770 or contact our website: www.brisavrohom.org.
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