Israeli pop superstar Omer Adam and Sacha Israelovich, began their wedding celebrations Tuesday with an intimate, family-only ceremony in the picturesque coastal village of Portofino, Italy.

The couple’s larger celebration, attended by friends and extended family, is scheduled for Wednesday at a converted 14th-century monastery. Approximately 100 guests were reportedly invited, with attendees expected to surrender their phones to protect the couple’s privacy.

Adam, 32, is one of Israel’s most successful and recognizable performers, known for combining Mizrahi music with contemporary pop. Born in North Carolina to Israeli parents and raised in Israel, he began his professional career as a teenager and later became the youngest singer to headline Caesarea. He has also repeatedly highlighted his Jewish identity, including declining an invitation to perform at Eurovision because rehearsals would have required him to violate Shabbat.

Israelovich, 24, is an Italian-Jewish model from a prominent real-estate family. She reportedly studied computer science and entrepreneurship at Reichman University, completed an internship at Harvard and has worked with a cryptocurrency-focused venture capital fund. The couple became engaged in April during a trip to Tulum, Mexico, only months after beginning their relationship.

The wedding ceremony will feature separate seating for men and women to accommodate Hasidic singer Motty Steinmetz, who is scheduled to perform. Adam is reportedly a longtime admirer of Steinmetz’s music, and the two are friends.

Steinmetz, 34, is one of the leading voices in contemporary Hasidic music. Raised in a Vizhnitz family in Bnei Brak, he is known for emotional renditions of songs drawn from Jewish prayers and scripture. His debut album, Haneshama Bekirbi, achieved platinum status in Israel, while his collaboration with Ishay Ribo, “Nafshi,” became one of his best-known songs.

In keeping with his religious standards, Steinmetz does not perform before mixed audiences unless men and women are separated by a mechitzah. His representatives reportedly say that separate seating is a contractual requirement whenever he performs at a wedding. ⁠

Guests were also given a strict dress code: colorful, festive attire for the welcome reception, followed by black-tie suits and evening gowns for the wedding ceremony. Despite the black-tie theme, attendees were reportedly instructed not to wear black.