VIN's Sandy Eller reports: Joy and elation are running high in Kiryat Belz as thousands are attending tonight’s historic wedding of the Belzer Rebbe’s oldest grandson. The chosson, eighteen year old Shalom Rokeach, who bears the name of the first Belzer Rebbe, is the son of the Belzer Rebbe’s only son, Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Rokeach and is the heir apparent to one day lead the Belzer dynasty.
The kallah, nineteen year old Batya Paneth, is the daughter of R’ Yechiel Meir Paneth, a magid shiur in Yeshivas Nadvorna Bnei Brak.
Hours before the onset of the wedding, Belzer chasidim were already securing their spots inside the “Groyse Shtub” hall for the Kabalas Panim, which began at 4:30 this afternoon. Kabalas Panim for the ladies was held at the wedding hall in the lower levels of the main Belzer Shul.According to reports in Israeli news source B’Chadrei Chareidim, street closures in Kiryat Belz began an 10 AM this morning, with certain entrances to the large Beis Medrash closed as of noon.
“The streets are jam packed with people,” one wedding guest told VIN News. “There is very tight security, with multiple private security firms hired for the wedding. I am seeing between four and five hundred security guards all around, everyone with different jobs.”
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