Guest columnist Robert A. Nosanchuk uses the pronouns: he/him . He is inaugural senior rabbi and Will & Jan Sukenik Chair in Rabbinics in Beachwood at Congregation Mishkan Or .

I have the privilege of officiating a wedding. A rabbi orders the sacred rituals and blessings and offers a personal “charge” to the couple on behalf of the community and the Jewish people at-large.

What insight can I share?

I’ve decided to share one simple conviction in my heart: that holiness is worth pursuing -- and not in a distant or mystical sense, but in how we savor the time we are granted and seek holiness in the present.

A wedding chuppah (canopy) is at its heart a shelter where people promise commitment to one another and to the values they cherish within each other.

It is a privilege to

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