Mazel tov!
this is Shuli Ran getting married last night to Tzofit Grant.
Interesting points about this wedding (to be followed by an interesting point about this picture, and why it was selected): - Shuli Rand is Haredi, a baal teshuva, but Haredi, and a well known one (due to his celebrity status). His new wife is Tzofit Grant, a secular television personality. Interesting. Generally such marriages in Israel happen when one part of a married couple becomes religious or becomes secular and they choose to stay together. You do not often see a Haredi and a secular choosing to get married, as is.
- Shuli Rand, as is well known, is still married to his first wife Michal. Michal Rand has famously refused to accept a gett from him. It has been said she suffers from mental health issues. It has been said she was abusive to him during the marriage. Shuli Rand received a hetter mea rabbonim to remarry. As part of that I assume he deposited a gett for Michal in the beis din so she can take it at any time, though until now she has persisted in her refusal. Good for him but it is somewhat sad that for men in this situation there is a relatively simple solution and for women in this situation there is almost no solution at all.
The interesting point about this specific picture is that it is the image of the "double ring ceremony" - actually the portion of the ceremony in which Shuli was granted his wedding ring. Double ring ceremonies are rare in the Haredi community and among Haredi men, mostly because most Haredi men do not wear wedding rings, but also because of halachic problems with the double ring ceremony. The common solution to the problem is for him to give the ring to her at the proper time during the wedding ceremony and for her to give him his ring after the official wedding ceremony has been completed, and to make a statement of love and symbol of affection rather than it being done at a time when the traditional text is being said.
Mazel tov!
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