Last night, thousands stood at the Yad Eliyahu Hall and applauded Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri. All the leaders of the movement stood on the stage, from right to left - and only one person was absent. MK Itzik Cohen, former and perhaps future Deputy Minister of Finance, married his daughter at the Nof Yerushalayim Hall in the Beit Vegan neighborhood. Only his best friends came to celebrate and rejoice in his joy. Everyone else was at Yad Eliyahu. The one who surprised and came was the chairman of the Zionist Camp, MK Bozi Herzog, who came personally to wish the father of the bride Mazal Tov. Afterwards, he stood outside with dozens of yeshiva students who asked political questions. The answer that emerged from the entire conversation: "I want to go with the Haredim..." Days, actually less than two weeks, will tell.
The rabbi Eliyahu Abba Shaul came to wish Mazal-Tov and sat with Itzik Cohen for a long time. "I came especially to express my gratitude for all your work for the yeshiva world," he said.
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MK Yaakov Litzman arrived and hugged Itzik for a long time. Litzman apologized for arriving in the middle of the wedding and explained: Although during an election campaign he makes time to attend events, tonight he participated in a gathering at the Gur Beit Midrash together with the Rebbe - and could not leave.
A long hug and a liberating laugh. "This time you're just with your friends," he told him. And Itzik Cohen, modestly, replies: "Everyone is always friends, I understand those who didn't come, even if they weren't busy.".
""May it be with good fortune, that you may see much peace," wished the guest, Rabbi Yeshayahu Lieberman, director of the new seminary in Jerusalem. To the request of Itzik Cohen, who was sitting with him at the table of honor, he replied: I am already honored to have come here. There is no need.
MK Yaakov Litzman rushes to leave for another election rally in Kiryat Haid. As he leaves, Lieberman asks him: Well, how is the groom who is married to her granddaughter? Litzman stops, thanks for the interest and says: Thank God, he is starting to come back to himself. With God's help, he will get out of this.
Kobi Rosenstein, who brings and takes out the Torah at the Gerail Steinman house, came to wish Mazal Tov. "You know, he's the man who has raised the world of Torah the most, without uttering a word of PR," he says. Then he asks: What's the matter with my red scarf? I suggested he try it, if only because it's the month of Adar. He agreed...
They complied with the event photographer's request to take a picture. However, at that exact moment, one of the guests approached Kobi Rosenstein, asking for help with a specific issue. Kobi abandoned his position and saw what he could do to help him.
The head of the Hebron yeshiva, Rabbi David Cohen, was welcomed with the song "Days upon Days of a King." The young men danced around him, so it took him a while to reach the groom's father, who was standing inside the hall.
After he managed to reach Itzik Cohen, they immediately seated the Rosh Yeshivah next to him, and the boys began to dance. Later, he would tell Itzik Cohen that the groom was a very special guy.
Yossi Rosenbaum, one of the owners of the advertising and PR agency 'V', came to wish him Mazal Tov. Itzik Cohen would tell me later: "I remember him when he started, an honest and good guy.".
The superintendent of the Ateret Yisrael Yeshiva, the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Volkin, arrived at the hall. Itzik Cohen left everything and went to the entrance to greet him and let him in. When Amiran Dvir recognized Rabbi Chaim, he began to sing: "Rabbi Chaim and peace, Rabbi Chaim and peace will be added to you...""
A former family journalist, Avi Dzadek, who is currently involved in marketing, trade and real estate, came to wish Mazal Tov, along with Kobi Alter, the personal assistant to the Chief Rabbi, the Gaon Rabbi David Lau. "Are you photographing them because they are from Itzik Cohen's initial hive?" asked someone standing next to me, and I said: I don't remember Itzik Cohen having a hive.
Amiran Dvir comes off the stage, jumps up and excites the audience, and asks Itzik Cohen to sing with him. Itzik is silent. "I don't sing, I barely speak, so he wants me to sing?" he will tell me later, when I asked why he didn't answer.
Meir Rubinstein, mayor of Beitar Ilit, has arrived. It's almost midnight. A bar mitzvah dance, a handshake, and more apologies for being late. "This is an election period." And Itzik Cohen, who knows better than he does, smiles and reassures: Everything is fine. .
They stood to the side and talked. When I reached to take the picture, Hilik Bar, MK and Secretary General of Labor, stood up, as befits the picture. I didn't recognize the man, but I trust the editor...
Meanwhile, Amiran Dvir's orchestra, in a Purim atmosphere, leaves the stage, and the guitarist begins to play within the dance circles: "I must sing to you..." It's worth watching the video for you.
The orchestra returned to the stage. Blessings on food and seven blessings, Amiran Dvir announces, and presents the audience with the evening's finale on his keyboard tray.
