But, on the flip side, there are definitely setbacks. Leaving the hotel for the ceremony, for example, is one of them.
“I was trying to get out and all of a sudden I am practically attacked by screaming fanatics with ‘Just Not Shas’ signs,” recounted the bride last week. “And then, as if that is not enough, I try to get into the revolving door and there is a rabbi stuck inside.”
The rabbi in question was actually Shas member Rafael Pinhasi, trying to escape the demonstrators outside, but locked out of the hotel by the front desk staff trying to keep the lobby sane.
“Just another day on vacation on the beach,” said Ellie, a public relations woman for the hotel, navigating her way among the photographers enjoying the bar’s happy hour.
She added that “no, there was no complaining from the guests” and “no cancellations,” that “yes, everyone was just as happy as could be” and that the hotel management wanted to personally wish the happy couple a heartfelt mazal tov.