[Avodah] drinking and getting married on Purim

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Eli Turkel wrote:

> It is noted that RSZA got married on Purim. At that time he was a
> budding talmid chacham but not yet a posek. However, the mesader
> kiddushin was haRav Kook.
> So it seems that the actual halacha is not SA against Magen Avraham
> (I dont know if today weddings are done on Purim in EY - the excuse
> of saving expenses is a little less relevant)

I recall a wedding on Purim day when I was at Ohr Somayach in Yerushalayim in the late '70s. I do not remember who the couple was, so I cannot comment on their finances.

I also remember another couple, around the same time, who got married early Erev Shabbos afternoon, and the seudah was the regular Shabbos dinner at the yeshiva that evening. I remember hearing that that was done specifically because they could not afford anything bigger. But boy was that a leibedig Shabbos seudah!

Akiva Miller

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