It’s a really cool story how David and Revital met. It begins overseas, in the historic land of Israel…
In fact, I’ll just let David tell the story:
“I went to Israel on a work trip. My buddies and I were running on the beach and he went to talk to a hottie sun tanning on the beach. She invited us to Haifa University and the second I walked in I noticed Revital dancing- she blew me away. She was beautiful, sexy and an amazing dancer.
I didn’t have the nerve to go talk to her. We bumped heads at the end of the night and danced together. She gave me her number and invited me to the infected mushroom concert. So I go to the concert the next day, I didnt have a cell phone so I was asking random girls to borrow their cell phones to call Revi. I tried calling like twenty times and my buddies were looking at me like I was a dumb-(@*#), telling me “look around dude there are tons of women here!”
I remember them talking but truthfuly it went in one ear and out the other. So once I got to about 30 calls she finally anwsered and we hooked up. She introduced me to all her friends and to top everything off, she was trying to pawn me off on one of her friends! But I was persistent and the rest is history…….Call it love at first sight……She still wows me to this day!”
Is that a cool story or what? Thanks David, for writing that down for me. A little background adds a ton of insight to the photos.
I broke this shoot up into two posts, the first one was from the pre-ceremony session, and now it’s time for the ceremonial part of the day. This wedding was unlike any I had been to before. It was a Jewish ceremony, which has several significant events that have to take place before two people are married.
We begin with the signing of the Ketubah. The Ketubah is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. First the witnesses sign it, then the groom, then the bride, then the Rabbi…
Next we go outside to the Chuppah for the ceremony, which includes several procedures including lighting a multi-wick candle, smelling of spices, sipping of wine, the bride and groom encircling one another, the exchanging of rings, and finally culminating with the stomping of the glass, finalizing the marriage, at which point all the guests shout “Mazel tov!”- expressing their congratulations for a happy and significant event.
The rings are exchanged as follows: The Rabbi holds both of the rings, he then hands one ring to the groom, and he slips it over the brides right index finger during which vows are said.
He hands a ring to the Bride, who then slips the ring over the Groom’s right index finger. Then each person moves the ring from their own index finger over to their left-hand ring-finger.
There is a lot more to this ceremony than what’s seen here. I don’t want to post too many pictures, but I did post more from this event than any other assignment to date. But like I said, there were just too many favorites to choose from.
I had such a great time working with Revital and David, and I wish the best for their future together.
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