Editing The Rebbe Rayatz (section)

==== The Wedding ====
On Friday, Parshas Teitzei, 13th of Elul 5657, at age 17, the wedding took place in the town of Lubavitch. On his wedding day, the chosson wore a shtreimel and at that moment his father told him to make a Shehecheyanu. After the chuppah, the Rebbe Rashab and a large crowd accompanied the chosson and kallah with singing to the hall where the seudah was held. On the way, the Rebbe Rashab said to his son: "V'chazakta v'hayisa l'ish." The seudah was held in the large zal in Lubavitch. During the seudah, the Rebbe Rashab walked around with three chassidim (Reb Meir Mordechai Chernin, Reb Yaakov Kopel Zelikson and Reb Shlomo Chaim Kutain) to ensure the waiters were serving food to everyone and the Rebbe Rashab said l'chaim with each person. Additionally, the Rebbe Rashab said many chassidic discourses. After the wedding, the couple lived in a room built adjacent to the Rebbe Rashab's apartment.

At the Sheva Brachos feast, on Sunday 15th of Elul 5657, the Rebbe Rashab announced his decision to establish Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim where they would learn both nigleh and Chassidus.

On Tuesday 17th of Elul, the Rebbe Rashab selected eighteen students who would form the first nucleus of the new Tomchei Tmimim under the direction of the Rebbe Rayatz.