Blogging remotely from my Treo650. I drove to Teaneck, NJ this morning to attend the wedding of my friends Abi & Josef. Even though this was my first Jewish orthodox wedding, I sort of knew what to expect from MIT's mock wedding in 2003.
I arrived right on time and met my good MIT friends at the door. The bride and groom started in different rooms. The men sang songs with Yosef for a half hour (I never knew "Siman tov, v'mazel tov" could be sung to so many tunes) before we danced him into the room with Abi. Their tearful meeting was probably the kodak-est moment of the afternoon.
We were then ushered into the synagogue for a traditional and fairly quick service. There were no speeches besides a brief D'var Torah (sermon). Yosef ended the ceremony with the breaking of the glass and we danced the newly-married couple into their private room.
The reception consisted mostly of eating and circular dancing (boys on one side, girls on the other). Each side attempted to entertain their respective host of honor: the women had a Mickey Mouse costume to pass around, we had a juggler on stilts.
Now I'm in NYC for the duration of 2004. If you're in New York and want to meet up, give me a call.
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