September 9th 2016 – Week 23 & Aufruf

Hi,

Atzva is on week 23 already Because we had problems and had to do IUI We know exactly when Atzva got pregnant

We gonna spent this weekend in an hotel in Jerusalem, in the Groom Sabbath (Aufruf) of Atzva brother that got married that Tuesday. The idea is the family of both sides to gather in the Sabbath after the wedding and spent it together. It is also a chance for the groom to read in the Torah, to honor him. In other tradition this Sabbath is before the wedding, and there is a bride Sabbath (the groom goes to the synagogue the bride, which isn’t allowed to see him before the wedding according to the tradition,  celebrating with her family – kind of a bachelorette party).

Atzva and I didn’t have Groom Sabbath (Aufruf), although the rest of Atzva brothers and sisters did have. First of all, it is the responsibility of the groom father: I didn’t want him to spend so much money on it, and he don’t know how to arrange it anyhow (find a synagogue, read in the Torah, …). Second – out wedding was Thursday, spending the weekend after it with our family didn’t seem like a fun thing to do, we wanted to rest a bit.

Take Care

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