Elisheva S.


Age: 20

Affiliation: Lubavitch

Occupation: Student

Wedding Date: September 2009

About Me: Planning a wedding and having to pay your own bills always struck me as the scariest parts of getting married. So far I’m working on part one and it’s not as painful as I imagined thanks to all the amazing people who are helping me. I just got engaged to my fiancé at the end of May after six months of reading each other’s blogs, five months of communication, and nine dates. We’re a pretty traditional couple who didn’t exactly meet in the most traditional manner. We’re trying to plan a classy, Orthodox wedding… and the rest of our lives, on a shoestring budget, in three months.

A Day of Creation

Posted by Elisheva S.

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Our Monogram

Our wedding day is September 14th. On the Jewish calendar it’s the 25th of Elul. Five days before Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is, according to creation in the Torah in Genesis, the day man was created so in fact the 25th of Elul is the first day of creation: the birthday of the world.

Right after I got engaged, one of my friends offered to draw us a monogram to be used on the invitations and the benchers. She’s in art school in Manhattan and is quite talented, so needless to say I was pretty excited. Most people have flames, roses, candles or shofars (if they’re getting married in Elul), I wanted something unique but I really didn’t have any ideas. I mentioned it to Chanan, my fiancé, and he said “Hey why not a globe, since our wedding is on the birthday of the world?” I thought it was a brilliant idea.

My friend redrew it multiple times until it was perfect, and I absolutely love it. The land is all of our initials in Hebrew. Mine are alef and shin. Chanan’s are ches, tsadik and mem. I really love the stars and clouds and the whimsical touch they add. I can’t wait to see it printed on our invitations.

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