10 IDF Couples Get Married in Mass Wedding Ceremony in Savion, Israel

Last week in the Israeli town of Savyon, ten couples stood underneath their wedding canopies, which were lined up side by side on a large stage. 1,500 guests looked on as the brides and grooms took their vows in one of the largest joint marriage ceremonies to ever take place in Israel.

As Jennifer Hassan-Smith reported for i24 News,

The unique ceremony was organized by the Savyon Chabad Community as part of an initiative called "Marrying the Warrior." They are helping couples like these — whose previous wedding plans were derailed by the war — finally celebrate their unions. 

In all of these couples, either the groom or bride have been serving in the IDF reserves, and have had to reschedule their dream day several times before the organizers stepped in with the special offer. 

Such is the case of Moshe and his bride, who were supposed to get married on October 12.  While a mass ceremony is the opposite of their initial plans for an intimate wedding, they were grateful for the chance to celebrate their coming together as a family, and participate in a larger display of joy and solidarity amid the war.

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