BRIDAL BRAGGING

Herb, you may think it was raining weddings out there (“It’s raining weddings out there,” Herb Keinon, February 1), but all that you and your dear wife have encountered is an April shower.

Now this is raining weddings: Three of my niece’s sons came home in the space of three weeks to announce their engagements. So, of course, three engagement parties were held with much celebration, as we got to know the “other sides.” This happened around Sukkot. And then, come the first night of Hanukkah, the first of the weddings joyfully took place. This, of course, was followed with a week of sheva brachot and everything else that goes with a nice Jewish wedding.

One month later, in a different locale, the second wedding took place. And this, too, was very joyous and very happy, and it, too, was followed with a week of sheva brachot and everything else that goes with a nice Jewish wedding. And then, lo and behold, exactly another month later, the third wedding was held in yet another locale, and it, too, was very joyous and happy. And, of course, this, too, was followed by a week of sheva brachot and everything else that goes with a Jewish wedding.

You know what, it was wonderful. Each wedding was so different, and I cried my way through all three huppot, as my dear niece, who had planned and cooked her way through three weddings in such a short spate of time, just smiled and smiled and smiled.

Now that, my friend, is “raining weddings.” Mazal tov.

BARBARA PFEFFER Rehovot