CLEVELAND (JTA) — A Jewish man from Cleveland, Ohio, brought a llama wearing a tuxedo and a kippah to his sister’s wedding, following through on a 5-year-old vow.
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Mendl Weinstock arrived with Shocky the llama, which he rented from a llama farm, on Sunday to the wedding of his older sister Riva.
Mendl told Riva five years ago, when she wasn’t even dating, that he would bring a llama to her wedding to tease her over how often she spoke about getting married, he told Insider in an interview for an article that was published Tuesday.
“She tried to use reverse psychology on me and said, ‘OK, the llama is invited to the wedding,’” he said.
Riva was engaged in October, and Mendl told her that he intends to hold her to her words.
And he made sure she remembered.
“He has been torturing me with this, in good fun, and has been reminding me of this probably twice a week for the last five years,” Riva told Insider. “I have tried striking so many deals, I have tried doing literally everything possible to make sure it didn’t happen, and lo and behold, there was a llama at my wedding.”
Mendl had the tuxedo and kippah specially made for his guest.
A photo of brother and sister near the animal shows Mendl smiling in Riva’s direction while placing his left hand on the llama. Riva looks at him angrily. The llama is the only subject facing the camera.
The photo received more than 156,000 interactions on Reddit and attracted more than 3,600 comments.
5 years ago I promised my sister I would bring a llama to her wedding from pics
Lamma Lo?
Well, at least he didn’t bring a lama (Tibetan priest).
“The one-l lama, he’s a priest.
The two-l llama, he’s a beast.
And I will bet a silk pajama
There isn’t any three-l lllama.*
“* The author’s attention has been called to a type of conflagration known as a three-alarmer. Pooh.”
(Ogden Nash)
Alex, EXCELLENT! Nice to hear and see some cute things and comments once in a while. Especially during Adar.
He needs a psychiatric evaluation
Someone one told me that years ago on Long Island, a very wealthy individual spent a fortune on a “Bark-Mitzvah” party, as his dog turned 13!
Some try to trivialize the Churban. This yutz trivialized all of Judaism. A sick joke.
Was he the best man??
That dog was on its last legs at age 91 [ 7 X 13= 91].
Mazal-llama Tov!
If brother had brought a lamb instead of a llama, he could have fulfilled mishloach manos to the entire eidah in one fell swoop.
The lamb would make sense if the brother’s name was Mary.
I once attended a wedding, where a dog, yes, a dog, walked down the aisle. And it was an Orthodox wedding. the groom said, if my dog dont’ walk, I walk out on this wedding. to the best of my knowledge, the couple is still married after all these years. the dog, most likely is now in dog heaven.
my question: who was the shadchan? a cat? a llama? a lama?
The kallah doesn’t look too happy. Not a good way to start a marriage.
It all depends on whether the Kallah is upset or not. It’s her wedding day, not his, so if he’s spoiling it he needs to be a little less narcissistic.