IN PICTURES: 25,000 hassidim attend Belz wedding

Thousands attend wedding of Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, grandson of Belz hassidic dynasty rebbe, Rabbi Tissachar Dov Rokeach.

Belz dynasty wedding 370 (photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
Belz dynasty wedding 370
(photo credit: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun)
25,000 ultra Orthodox Jews attended one of the largest weddings Jerusalem has ever seen this week, when Belz hassidic dynasty rebbe, Rabbi Tissachar Dov Rokeach, married off his 18-year-old grandson Rabbi Shalom Rokeach to 19-year-old Hannah Batya Penet, also a member of the Belz Rebbe family. The ancient family's roots date back to 14th century Poland.