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My sister's wedding weekend. For information about each element of this traditional Jewish wedding, click here or visit AbbyandAvram.com.

  • Album Section Engagement
    Avram's proposal to Abby on August 16, 2007, in Boulder, Colorado
  • Album Section Kickball
    Team Fifer / Team Mandell Kickball Game on Saturday, June 14, 2008, to determine who would take the other's name in marriage. Team Mandell won, 14-1ish.
  • Album Section Talent Show
    Talent Show, Saturday, June 14, 2008
  • Album Section Tish
    The Tish ("table," in Yiddish) is an assembly at which scholarly discussions and revelry are held. At a wedding tish, the groom attempts to deliver a Dvar Torah (commentary on the Torah), but is constantly interrupted by the othe…
  • Album Section Bedeken & Ketubah
    After the bride and groom see each other for the first time on their wedding day, the bride's father lowers a veil over her face in the bedeken ceremony, so the groom will not be distracted from appreciating who she is by her phys…
  • Album Section Chuppah
    The core marriage ceremony is Chuppah, named for the canopy under which it takes place. The bride circles the groom seven times, a blessing is said over a shared cup of wine, the couple reaffirms the ketubah and exchanges rings, …
  • Album Section The New Family
    The Fifers and Mandells are united