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When everyone walked in, they found a little matchbox by their place with the chosson and kallahs pictures on one side and the words: Leba and Mordehai – What a Match! on the other. This is the poem that accompanied it.
Match poem
For Leba and Mordechai Katz’s Sheva Brachos: March 25, 2007
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match
Find me a find, catch me a catch –
But these souvenirs that you’ll take home and let burn,
Are not just for shtick, there’s a message to learn.
Matches and fires can ignite and inspire
The spark that’s within us as we watch the flames go higher.
And there are so many uses we Jews have for fire.
Although matches are made up in Heaven, that’s true;
Down on earth, there are also mitzvos that we need matches to do
Let’s try to use our minds and think up a few.Â
There’s the menorah on Chanukah that we light for eight nights
And the havdalah candle after shabbos, when three stars are in sight.
We’ll be striking two matches when next week rolls around,
- As we search for, and than burn the chometz that we’ve found.
And of course, one of the three special mitzvos, given to us bnos.
This past Friday night, Leba lit her very first Shabbos neiros.
So we’re seeing how fire and matches are used for mitzvos.
But then – there’s the other type of match that’s a mitzvah as well.
And that’s making matches in klal yisrael.
Boruch Hashem, our families have had many matches made recently.
And have share many simchas together so happily –
And while I’d like to believe that I started this trend
The important thing to make certain is that the trend has no end.
It’s no fun to be matchless, I can attest,
So let’s think of shidduchim, and try our very best.
To help the singles we know in their marriage quests.
And just as this shidduch resulted from another –
Let’s keep an eye out for our single sisters and brothers.
Not to mention all of their worried Jewish mothers!
I almost forgot – a shalom bayis tip I know,
My father used to give us this advice, years ago.Â
Leba – if you ever find your house to be in disarray
You have no time to clean, its late in the day,
And Mordechai will be home soon to see it – oy vey!
Take a deep breath, tell yourself it’s OK,
And than strike up a match – it’ll all go away!To our chosson and kallah, the match of the night
May the flame of torah keep forever burning bright,
May your passion for mitzvos keep burning inside
May your faces keep glowing with nachas and pride.
 May you never have ‘aish’, in the home you’ll create
As the schenia will rest between you and your mate.
May you continue to inspire us, your family and friends.
With a warmth and a simcha that never will end.
May you keep giving all of us ‘much’ nachas and ha’naah
And keep that match-ik going – ad meah v’esrim shana.
Mazel Tov!!!Â
(BTW, Adiel brought the house down too. I think together we make a good team)