When one makes a simchah, Hashem takes his deceased parents from Gan Eden and brings them to join in the simchah
The covenant discussed here was sealed with those who were standing right there before Hashem on that day, but also with the deceased of the previous generations. (Rabbi Yehoshua Alt, Fascinating Insights on the Torah)
“Happy anniversary!”
Despite the years, I still found it hard to believe that my baby was married with a baby of her own. How had that happened?
I remember the moment I found out I was expecting her; I already knew this child of mine would be a girl and what her name would be. Of course my husband was sure his firstborn would be a boy and even started composing a pidyon haben speech, but I had no doubts. For years I’d thought about this child, this namesake of my grandmother, and how she would bring comfort to my mother and her family.
The first time I “met” my grandmother, I stood on Har Hamenuchos, a young seminary girl of 18. I had the instructions written down how to find the gravesite and was prepared with all the pirkei Tehillim and tefillos one says in such a place.
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