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Purim. Wedding are not traditionally held on days of public mourning as the mood of such days would diminish the joy of the wedding. This includes Tisha B’Av, the fast of Gedaliah, the tenth of Tevet, the fast of Esther, the seventeenth of Tammuz,the period between Pesach and Shavuot, and the three weeks from the seventeenth of Tammuz until Tisha B’Av. The one exception Lag B’Omer, the thirty-third day in the Counting of the Omer, which is a popular wedding date in Israel. This is an especially popular time to get married in Israel. Tuesday is considered a good day to have a wedding, because in the account of Creation (Genesis, chapter 1), we read ki tov (“it is good”) twice on the third day. Oyfrufn/Aufruf/Shabbat Chatan On the Shabbat morning before the wedding, it is common for the hatan (groom) (sometimes the couple is called) to be called up to read the Torah in the synagogue. This serves to announced the forthcoming marriage to the community and permit everyone to wish the couple
