Indian wedding is a family tradition
AJN STAFF
NEWLYWEDS Bianca Burd and Daniel Monheit chose to follow family tradition, getting married earlier this month in the same Indian shul where Bianca’s parents were married 32 years ago.
What’s more, with only 10 Jewish families in New Delhi, the couple were the first to be married at the Judah Hyam Synagogue since their parents in 1977.
Rabbi Benjamin Abraham, the only Indian-born rabbi in the country and the local mashgiach for Israeli El Al airlines, travelled from Mumbai to perform the ceremony,
Wedding guests included Israeli Ambassador to India Mark Sofer and his wife, 15 local Indian congregants and 25 guests who especially made the trip from Melbourne.
A pool-side lunch on the lawn of the nearby Taj Mahal Hotel -— streamed live on facebook -— immediately followed the chuppah, where guests danced the horah to the bemusement of passers-by.
Continuing the Indian tradition, Bianca wore a pink asymmetric cocktail dress, reminiscent of a sari, and her hands and feet were painted with henna patterns in a ceremony the night before the wedding.
With only a small Jewish community in India, the Judah Hyam Synagogue survives entirely on donations given mostly by tourists.
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