Disaster Relief for Myanmar and China

As our wedding approaches and our excitement increases, our attention is seldom taken away from the details of planning and arranging. However, over the past two weeks, two devastating natural disasters - a cyclone in Myanmar and an earthquake in China - have jarred our attention from our narrow world of wedding-planning and have forced us to instead focus on the "bigger picture." The situation in Myanmar and China have reminded us that while we "fix" the details of our wedding, we have the more important obligation of working to "fix" the world, which involves doing our part to alleviate the suffering of so many thousands of innocent people.

Therefore, we have added disaster relief for the victims in Myanmar and China to our list of charities on our Tzedakah Registry, and we hope you will join us in contributing to these worthy causes. Providing food, shelter, and medical assistance for the innocent victims of these disasters, in our mind, is the best gift you can give us and the world.

A Jewish wedding concludes with the smashing of a glass. This act reminds us of the complex and broken world into which we will enter as a married couple. We pray that through the strength that our union provides us, we will be empowered to go forth into that broken world and work wholeheartedly to repair it. We hope you will use our wedding as an opportunity to join us in this work.