Israel Matzav

Overnight music video

Wedding season is back on with a vengeance for the next three weeks. As of now, I have eight weddings and two Bar Mitzvas in that period - bli ayin hara (warding off evil eyes).

Tonight was the first wedding. It was the son of an old friend who used to hang around our house a lot on the Sabbath. The parents had to move back to the States (temporarily) a few years ago, and we had not seen them in a year or so (most of the kids remain in Israel). When the band played this song, the groom's father asked if I thought anyone in the room other than he and I knew what it was. I told him I doubted it - although maybe our wives and one other person knew.

Let's go to the videotape.



Yes, the band really did play that song at an ultra-Orthodox wedding in Jerusalem. Go and figure.

And for something slightly more appropriate for an ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding in Jerusalem, here's Yaakov Shwekey singing Aishes Chayil (Woman of Valor).

Let's go to the videotape.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:52 AM