A wedding bringing together more than 7,000 people was held in the greatest secrecy in Brooklyn (New York) on November 8. However, local health measures against Covid-19 prohibited this type of event. This did not prevent the Yetev Lev synagogue from celebrating the nuptials of Yoel Teitelbaum and his wife, reports the New York Post.
The groom is the grandson of Aaron Teitelbaum, Chief Rabbi of the Satmar Hasidic movement. The marriage of the grandson of another Chief Rabbi Satmar, brother and rival of Aaron Teitelbaum, was called off by New York State in October due to the coronavirus epidemic. The organizers of the November ceremony did everything they could not to suffer the same fate.
A wedding organized in great secrecy
“The preparations were carried out in secrecy and discretion so as not to attract the attention of foreigners,” said after the party The sheet, publication of the Satmar dynasty. Images shot during the ceremony show thousands of men huddled together, without masks, dancing on the pews of the synagogue.
The women were on the balcony level. The participants were not worried by the local authorities. The rules in force in New York State, however, stipulate that places of worship can only accommodate half of their usual capacity. Members of different households must also be separated by at least two meters.
During the weeks leading up to the ceremony, the organizers had made sure to pass information and invitations only by word of mouth, avoiding e-mails and letters. 25,000 New York City residents have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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