he crowd’s attention shifted to a large screen displaying the Rosh Yeshivah wishing a heartfelt brachah to the chassan and kallah
There’s no tallying the number of chuppahs Rav Elya Brudny, rosh yeshivah of the Mirrer Yeshivah in Brooklyn, has attended over the years. But from the hundreds, or possibly thousands, one will forever stand out for its singular poignancy.
And the irony is that Rav Brudny wasn’t physically present.
The background to the story is as follows: Miriam is a young woman who shares an exceptionally close relationship with the Brudny family. Five months ago, she got engaged to Ron, an Israeli with a high-level position in the IDF, and the couple was scheduled to get married last Thursday. But when Ron was hastened from shul on Shemini Atzeres to join the war effort, the plans were disrupted. Ron was granted a furlough just long enough for the chasunah, which was pushed up to Wednesday.
While Rav Brudny had planned to fly to Eretz Yisrael for the simchah, the security situation prevented him from doing so in person. But determined to share in the simchah nonetheless, a virtual connection was set up, and at the chuppah, the crowd’s attention shifted to a large screen displaying the Rosh Yeshivah wishing a heartfelt brachah to the chassan and kallah — a blessing for their future, as well as for the immediate present.
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