nuptial rite

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, 99, a Holocaust survivor who transformed her father’s Brooklyn fur shop into a wedding dress emporium of international renown, outfitting legions of brides-to-be who converged on Kleinfeld’s for their turn at a nuptial rite of passage, died March 29 in Manhattan.

Legions of brides-to-be converged on Kleinfeld’s, her Brooklyn wedding dress emporium, for their turn at a nuptial rite of passage.

Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, a Holocaust survivor who transformed her father’s Brooklyn fur shop into a wedding dress emporium of international renown, outfitting legions of brides-to-be who converged on Kleinfeld’s for their turn at a nuptial rite of passage, died March 29 at a hospital in Manhattan.

In wedlock’s bands all ye who join With hands your hearts unite: So shall our tuneful tongues combine To laud the nuptial rite.

So shall our tuneful tongues combine To bless the nuptial rite.