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Our Miraculous Wedding Day

From the COLlive Inbox: Rafael and Sarah (nee Procaccia) Cohen, who were married last Friday after their wedding was delayed due to a Visa issue, tell what they learned from the experience. Full Story

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btw
February 17, 2015 10:35 pm

the issue was the TYPE of visa, which apparently had to be a fiance visa

Amazing!
September 15, 2014 11:53 am

Mazl Toiv for the New Binion Adei Ad and all Two Especial Families! Moshiach Right Now!
Ksivo VeChassimo Toivo!
Brand Family, Brazil.

mazel tov
September 14, 2014 9:01 am

Mazel tov! All the brachos! Nice story!

Mrs Nunez
September 13, 2014 11:16 pm

Thank you for sharing your miraculous and beautiful story. May you both build a beautiful life and may you continuously have revealed blessing in everything.

erev shabos chasene, kosis lamo'or!
September 13, 2014 10:08 pm

Behasgoche protis this couple was zoiche to a chasene the way it always was as minhag yisroel!
May you be zoiche to the fullfilment of all the Rebbes broches and thank you for sharing rhe beautifull ‘open your eyes and see’ message! You are zoiche to open many peoples eyes! Who knows why this had to be! Sorry you had to ho thru all the agmas nefesh but i guess thats the kosis lamo’or. From now should be all smooth!

To #6
September 13, 2014 7:22 pm

Indeed a beautiful story full of blessings and even more admirable the way that the new couple explains it. Beautiful! Mazel tov!!! As for your comments – Please, contain your loshon hora – don’t ruin it – or at least, think before your write! What does Brazil have to do with this?! Why should they be ashamed?!?! Brazil has NOTHING to do with this. The Chatan needed a US visa to enter the country (issued by the US goverment!) – obviously had one because he was allowed to board the plane to the US (the airline would not have allowed… Read more »

Thank Devorah Benjamim
September 13, 2014 1:15 pm

I think she pulled off re-scheduling all the vendors, didn’rt she? As usuall, a job well done, Wedding Planner par excellence.

mazel tov
September 12, 2014 4:59 pm

mazel tov to the beautiful chasan and kallah

may hashem grant you many happy years together

parnasa gezunt and time to enjoy life

a ksiva vchasima tova

shanna tova umisuka

good shabbos

Opening my eyes !
September 12, 2014 3:31 pm

Mazal Tov – May you build a binyan Adei ad – what a wonderful article which gives us all chizuk as we go into a Geuladik year !thank you !

Mazel tov excellent
September 12, 2014 1:27 pm

this story is such an excellent beautiful story and made me cry I am so proud of both families who have working very hard on making this wedding events so special Chosson I feel so shocked what happened in Brazil I just want to tell you that the Brazilian people they should be a shame of themselves what they done to you and you have to spend 18 hours till things get settled that as an excuse and it’s unacceptable shame on you Brazil your wife was for sure was very frustrated very worried very stress and of course she… Read more »

I loved this article!!
September 12, 2014 1:05 pm

To everyone else : Open ur eyes & recognize YEMOIS HAMOSHIACH!!!

#3 He *had* the documentation
September 12, 2014 12:22 pm

A visa is not a guarantee of admission to the USA. There is NO WAY to guarantee admission in advance. None. EVERY alien who arrives in the USA is subject to the same risk of not being admitted. If you have the bad luck to run into a customs agent at the airport who wants to be disgusting, there’s nothing you can do about it. But nobody thinks it will happen to them. It usually doesn’t happen, so people forget that it can.

Lessons?
September 12, 2014 11:25 am

We’re extremely happy for you and your spouse! Mazal tov!

However, what are the practical lessons learned from this story?

To schedule your flight to the US for at least a week before the wedding (-in case something like this happens)?

To know what or what not to say to customs/immigration?

To get the proper documentation/permission before coming to the US to get married?

As they say, ain somchin al hanes!

Rabbi Dovid Weitman
September 12, 2014 11:05 am

Tank you for all your help!!

mazal tov!!
September 12, 2014 10:46 am

Thank you for sharing this great perspective…my inspiration for today!

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