כִּי אֺרֶךְ יָמִים וּשְׁנוֹת חַיִים וְשָׁלוֹם יוֹסִיפוּ לָךְ
Ki orech yamim u'shnos chaim ve'shalom yosifu luch
"For they add to you length of days and years of life and peace." (Mishlei 3:2)
I read the following story on a Charedi website which I very loosely translated.
Two weeks ago, Rabbi Eliyahu Itzkovitz almost drowned in the Dead Sea. He was rescued, but had swallowed a lot of sea water. He remained in a coma at a hospital in Beer Sheva.
When family members approached Rabbi David Abuhatzeira to ask him for a blessing, the Rabbi's response was that Rabbi Itzkovitz would still dance at his daughter's wedding, which was scheduled to take place yesterday.
A day before the wedding, the bride's father regained consciousness. He was transported by ambulance to a hospital in Bnei Brak, and a chuppah was set up in the courtyard.
The link below is to the article to which I referred in writing the story above. For those of you who don't understand Hebrew, it still pays to click on the video to see a heartwarming clip of the bride's father participating in a wheelchair at the wedding. The lyrics in the song that is being sung when the groom is dancing with the father is "Chayim veshalom." Life and peace. As the High Holidays fast approach when we pray to the Almighty for life, the story above shows how precarious it can be. Let us merit to be inscribed in the book of Life and may we be granted peace. And a hearty mazal tov to the Choson and Kallah.
Click on link to watch video.
http://www.bhol.co.il/news_read.asp?id=19104&cat_id=2
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