Ultra-Orthodox Jews Gather For Traditional Jewish Wedding In Beit Shemesh, Near Jerusalem
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride, granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, arrives for her wedding ceremony in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel.
In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 photo, Ultra-Orthodox Jews gather for traditional Jewish wedding of granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women are seen behind a curtain during a traditional Jewish wedding of the granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel, early Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The gauze curtain is used to separate men and women during the wedding.
The Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride, granddaughter of Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, fulfills the Mitzvah tantz during her traditional Jewish wedding in the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, Israel, early Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The bride enters to the men section to fulfill the Mitzvah tantz, in which family members and honored rabbis are invited to dance in front of the bride, often holding a gartel, and then dancing with the groom. <AP Photo/Oded Balilty>
A worker supplies food to guests during the wedding of the first granddaughter of Grand Rabbi of the Satmar hassidic dynasty Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, on Jan. 23, 2013. The wedding was held here from the evening of Jan. 23 to the morning of Jan. 24. Some 5,000 guests attended the traditional Jewish wedding.
Groom Moshey Chaim (C) prays under a Chuppah or wedding canopy, symbolizing the new home being built by the new couple, during his wedding with the first granddaughter of Grand Rabbi of the Satmar hassidic dynasty Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, in Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, on Jan. 23, 2013.
Grand Rabbi of the Satmar hassidic dynasty Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (2nd L front) signs on his first granddaughter’s marriage contract during her wedding in Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, on Jan. 23, 2013. <Xinhua/Yin Dongxun>