A key part of a most moving chuppah
Six years ago, Mordechai Zev Breuer of Manchester got engaged to Ruchy Feldinger of Basel, Switzerland. Just weeks later, their happiness was blasted apart when Mordechai Zev was diagnosed with cancer.
Arriving in the US for treatment, Mordechai Zev’s heartfelt request of veteran composer Yossi Green was “Please, can you write two songs for my kallah?”
On the spot, at an emotional kumzitz in Green’s house, Yossi composed a new setting for “Mi Adir” and then “Mi Bon Siach.” The blessing in the words was fulfilled, when a healthy Mordechai Zev celebrated his marriage to Ruchy in Bnei Brak after a delay of 19 months. Of course, Green’s “Mi Adir” and “Mi Bon Siach” were a key part of this most moving chuppah.
Six to seven weeks after the wedding, the disease returned.
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