This year’s Bein Hazemanim in the month of Av is expected to mark one of the busiest wedding seasons in the history of Yeshivas Ponevezh, with more than 50 bochurim from the yeshivah scheduled to marry over the course of the break.

The unusually large concentration of weddings stems from the longstanding directive established by the rosh yeshivah, Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach zt”l, discouraging weddings during the month of Elul. Because Elul is devoted to preparation for the Yamim Nora’im and marks the beginning of one of the most intensive periods of the yeshivah year, weddings have traditionally been concentrated during Bein Hazemanim instead.

Among the most prominent celebrations will be several weddings involving members of the yeshivah‘s leadership. On the first day of Bein Hazemanim, the son of the mashgiach, Rav Avrohom Rothschild, will marry a great-granddaughter of Rav Avrohom Noach Garbuz zt”l. On the final day of Bein Hazemanim, the son of Rav Reuven Shmulevitz will wed.

Additional notable weddings include the grandson of Rav Boruch Elyashiv, head of the Tiferes Bochurim kollel network, and great-grandson of Rav Aryeh Shmulevitz zt”l, one of the senior roshei yeshivah of the Mir, who will marry a granddaughter of Rav Gershon Yosef Levi, son-in-law of Rav Aharon Feldman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore.

Also scheduled are the wedding of a granddaughter of Rav Moshe Shmulevitz to the son of Rav Melech, a maggid shiur at Yeshivas Daas Tevunos in Bnei Brak; the wedding of a great-great-grandson of the gaon av beis din of Kiryat Sefer, Rav Meir Kessler, and grandson of Rav Shmuel Meir Walach zt”l to a granddaughter of Rav Yaakov Marmarosh, rav of Bnei Brak’s Shikun Gimmel neighborhood; and the wedding of the daughter of Rav Aryeh Zelivansky, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivas Meor HaTalmud, to a grandson of Rav Shmuel Chaim Soloveitchik, head of the Vaad HaKashrus of the Eidah HaChareidis.

Meanwhile, the exceptionally busy wedding season has led to an innovative transportation solution among the bochurim. As has become customary in recent years, rather than each chosson arranging and paying for chartered buses to transport guests from around the country, many are purchasing monthly unlimited public transportation passes for bochurim who commit to attending a designated number of weddings throughout Bein Hazemanim. This system has significantly reduced transportation costs while making it easier for friends to participate in the unusually large number of simchos this summer.

{Matzav.com}