The Toldos Aharon community in Meah She’arim marked an unusual week of celebration after 83 engagements were announced within just a few days. Almost every family in the neighborhood celebrated a simcha this week, spreading joy in the streets in Yerushalayim.

The large number of engagements in such a short period stood out even in a community accustomed to frequent family events, drawing attention across Yerushalayim’s chassidic neighborhoods. This chassidus does not publicly announce engagements until Rosh Chodesh Adar, so a full winter’s worth of undercover arrangements between families were released at once, prompting this flood of engagements.

All 83 engagements were listed in the local newspapers and flyers, and were celebrated with the presence of the Toldos Ahron Rebbe, who enacted this policy a few years ago to allow the talmidim to be able to focus on learning during the winter months.