Editing The Rebbe Rashab (section)

== Marriage ==
The shidduch (match) between Rebbe Rashab and his cousin Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah was proposed by their grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek, when the Rebbe was only 4 years old.

As the wedding time approached, the Maharash instructed his son, the groom, to be tested and receive rabbinic ordination (smicha), as was the custom in the Rebbe's household. When the wedding date arrived, the Maharash insisted on holding the wedding in a holy place comparable to Jerusalem during the time of exile - in the town of Lubavitch. In practice, due to various circumstances, this did not materialize and the wedding took place in the bride's hometown of Avrutch.

On Saturday night of Parshat Teitzei, on the 11th of Elul 5635 (1875), the wedding took place in the city of Avrutch. The plan was for the bride and groom to return immediately after the wedding together with Rebbetzin Rivka Schneerson to Lubavitch, but due to an unexpected delay, they arrived in Lubavitch only the following Saturday night.

The groom's father, the Maharash, did not attend the wedding because of his health condition. His wife, Rebbetzin Rivka, traveled with the groom to the wedding. A week before the wedding, on Sunday the 5th of Elul, the Maharash traveled to accompany his son to the town of Acharmove. There he delivered Chassidic teachings (Dach) and shared wonderful stories. When he finished sharing the Chassidic teachings, he said to his son the groom: "Now is the revelation of the aspect of mochin d'ima (mother's consciousness), therefore the groom's mother travels, but in the future to come, when mochin d'abba (father's consciousness) will be revealed, I myself will also be there."

The Maharash told his son the groom not to wear the shtreimel at his wedding, and in general to wear it only in Lubavitch. In the carriage was placed a box containing a hat with a feather, a gift from the groom and his mother to the bride. The Maharash asked for the hat and removed its feather.

The groom's father wished for the bride, groom, and all their escorts to return to Lubavitch immediately after the wedding, so that at least he could celebrate the "Shabbat Sheva Brachot" with them. However, the bride's father tried to delay them further, and they ended up leaving Avrutch late and could not reach Lubavitch before Shabbat, arriving only on Saturday night. When the groom returned, his father told him, "I have regards for you from Father (the Tzemach Tzedek), from Grandfather (the Mitteler Rebbe), and from Great-grandfather (the Alter Rebbe), with an understanding heart."

Although the groom himself was not present in Lubavitch, the Maharash was in an especially elevated state of joy throughout the seven days of celebration, and even delivered an enormous number of Chassidic discourses (32). On the Shabbat of Sheva Brachot, the Rebbe held three farbrengens (gatherings).