The porch minyanim taking place in numerous Chareidi neighborhoods around Israel and the US have led to women becoming more involved in communal prayer, as they can hear and see the men praying on nearby porches. In one case this led to an unusual shidduch between two young people from the same building.
The families reside in Bnei Brak’s Shikun Vizhnitz and are both prominent Vizhnitz families. Due to the Health Ministry restrictions on praying outdoors (which have since been eased), the families in the building arranged for a minyan to take place on their porches. At this point the mother of the Kallah saw the Chasan praying with intense concentration and fervor and decided that he could be a worthy shidduch for her daughter. She asked her brother to suggest the shidduch to the father of the Chasan and this week the engagement was celebrated without any need to leave the building. The two fathers met each other wearing gloves and drank a L’Chaim.
