Joel and Esther Mazal Tov! may you build a Bait Ne'eman B'Yisrael! ( I'm Devorah Brody's sister from Miami ) thought it was funny that we have the same name!

Mazal Tov Joel and Esther. May you be Zoche to build a Bait Neeman BeYisroel. Love, The Brodys from Vancouver PS BC rocks.

Mazel Tov!! May you be zoche to build a bayis ne'eman b'yisrael.

Mazel Tov Esther and Joel!!! I am so happy that we finally spoke on the phone so that I can now post on your page! Now you have more posts!! Yay!! The pictures are really cute and you sounded so happy when I spoke to you and I am so happy for you! Can't wait to wish you a mazel tov in person and to dance at the wedding (get ready for some Dira 4 shtick)!! Mazel tov!!!! Love, Aviva

Dear Joel David David Joel, I am so happy for you. THis is geshmak news! You should have a geshmak time! Sruli sent a pretty long post. Have fun. Noah Baron

Mazel Tov! I can't wait to dance at your chasunah, but I guess this time I'll have to just drive by myself. Oh well, I guess you'll owe me some quality time before the wedding - don't worry I'm sure you can think of some errand that needs to get done in all your spare time. Seriously, B"H after all our long talks Esther you got what you were looking for: somebody in between but perfect for you, so of course he's an "out-of-towner", although Vancouver is pretty far, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for Philly in the big decision. May you and Joel have lots of simcha, bracha, hatzlacha, good health, and all good things!

Dear Esther & Joel Q, Mazal Tov on your engagement! The pictures you posted are beautiful and I'm so happy for you! Joel: The Q after Esther's name was bestowed upon her in recognition of her true awesomeness. Since you are now getting married, the official fan club is honored to bestow the Q upon you as well. All the best for years of happiness together!

Mazel Tov!

Pictures?!?! YAH!!! Esther you are GLOWING!! All my Russian babushkas say "mazal-tuv."

Well if it isn’t Joel David and his mystery bride. Hey guys, listen, I’m thinking of a number from one to ten. Just thought I should let you know. Anyway, this is all happening so fast. Why it seems like it was just yesterday that it was Shabbos. Oh, it was? I thought so. Ya know, Joel and I have developed quite a special friendship over the years. But seriously, many people are unaware that Joel is currently in his first year of medical school on his way to the prestigious degree of Doctor of Ornithology, which I think is great. There are just so many sick birds out there and I know that a little acupuncture and yoga are all they need to get them flying again. But be forewarned Joel, for although it is only your first year you will soon enough be required to choose a subspecialty within the broad field of Origami. The temptations are many. Let not you heart be swayed by some false ideal for once you choose there is no going back. Orthodontology is a very unforgiving discipline. Perhaps the following true story will serve as a cautionary tale: “Bovine proctology is a delicate yet underappreciated art. It demands of its practitioners a fluency in general proctology as well as a somewhat inappropriate love of cows. In the vast majority of the human populace these traits are congenitally mutually exclusive, and so they should be. But as fate would have it- and it would- these were the very two characteristics by which close friends of Dr. Timbrough Deebah, if asked, would describe him. Some, such as his wife, would tearfully speak of the long weekends he spent driving around upstate New York, eagerly admiring the never-ending smorgasbord of bovid behinds, his hands quivering at the thought of jumping an electrified fence. But alas and to his dismay Dr. Deebah was not at all a bovine proctologist. No, contrary to what a highly trained genetic engineer might have predicted Dr. Timbrough Deebah was a plain old, run of the mill unemployed homeless man. Well, perhaps homeless is not the right word. He had a home, a very nice one in fact, enclosed on all sides by a white picket fence and filled with slightly irregular still life paintings that he and his aforementioned wife had purchased at a wholesale art auction when they were first engaged. Come to think of it, unemployed seems to be inaccurate as well. Dr. Deebah did have a job, and a very important one at that. He was a long-tenured professor of English literature at a well known private university and though his dissertation, as well as most of his scholarly publications to date, had focused on the role of olfactory imagery in late Victorian era grocery lists, his colleagues couldn’t help but notice that he had of late developed a peculiar interest in 19th century cattle feed ingredients. They thought this was weird; and indeed it was. But for all his jobfullness and domicility he may as well have been homeless and unemployed for, aside from the one seminar he led each week on the significance of oats in the writings of Robert Frost, Dr. Deebah spent all of his time perched anxiously on a bench directly across from the agricultural livestock exhibit at a local zoo. Also, he slept in a box. When asked, which he never was, about his extracurricular lollygagging his argument would go something like this: “It is highly improbable that the zoo veterinarian will go an entire year without calling in sick. It is also highly improbable that an entire year will pass without at least one cow requiring immediate medical attention. Therefore, by the rule of transjuxtaposition it follows that not only are both of these events highly likely to happen, but they will almost certainly occur on the very same day. I’m just trying to be prepared. After all, I am a doctor… of sorts.” And as illogical as it sounds that is precisely what happened. It seems that due to conditions that are entirely his own business so butt out, the zoo veterinarian had contracted a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy from an alluring heifer named Bessy. Bessy, misinterpreting the veterinarian’s sudden leave of absence as a slight to her muliebrity, proceeded to throw a bovinic fit. This, assumed Dr. Deebah, was his chance. Thinking quickly- perhaps a bit too quickly- he grabbed the first aid kit that he kept in his briefcase and ran toward the short fence that stood between him and his destiny. Unfortunately, due to a severe imprinting error during childhood, the animal that most people call “cow”, or Bos Taurus if you want to be a jerk about it, was not at all what Timbrough Debah pictured when he heard that word. In fact, what he pictured was much closer to what most people would call “grandma”. This made for a very awkward, though somehow visually poetic, moment as Dr. Deebah attempted to administer CPR to an entire flock of fairly healthy, though completely unawares octogenarians. Needless to say, they were not amused. This, then, is how Dr. Timbrough Deebah, a heretofore well-respected professor of English literature, was banned from interacting with animals, or the elderly, ever again.” Mazal Tov.

Mazal Tov Esther. I am soooooo happy for you :) - Joel Q PS can someone tell me what the Q is supposed to stand for??

Dear Joel and Esther Mazel tov to you and to both families from all the Boxers. Joel, you will always have a special place in our hearts as Jeremy's barmitzvah teacher! Esther, we look forward to meeting you when you come to Richmond BC CANADA! sincerely Tannis Boxer

oooooooooohhhhhh when did you put photos up here!?!?!?!?! you guys are SOOOOOOO cute!!!! :-) super duper excited for you [still]!!! selig is trying to figure out if he knows joel. -the Davises

mazel tov esther! i am slitely jealous that you guys have so many posts, we only got like 30! and i don't believe u signed ours, but o well...so excited for u both. I agree with elaine that you guys should move to queens! Im glad we got to shmooze by keshets wedding :) Cant wait. Love suri (and joey sends his mazel tov too :)

Yaaaaaaaaay! Esther and Joel! So happy, I'm super excited and wishing you all the best!

Mazal tov guys! I wish you all the best.

Mazel Tov Joel & Esther. We wish you lots of mazal & brocha. Esther we are looking forward to meeting you. Regards Terrance & Hilary Bloom (Vancouver, Canada)

ESTHER!!!!! MAZAL TOV!!! i want to know when this happend it was just yesterday we were banging the wall to say hi to each other and talk in are own secret lang. that know one knew not even us. I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!! we need to see each other soon. agine Mazal Tov to you and Joel i hope you have an amazing time where ever you are moving and dont forget littel denna from next door. LOTS OF LOVE, Your lil neighbor Denna

Hey joel mazel tov i wish you all the best.

So....Ariella forced me to sign your page because of your little deal (even though I already signed, so does my post even count?). But I love signing pages (but probably not as much as you love reading them!), so it's okay! Thanks for putting up pics (a good move on your part because you get more posts that way too) Who knows, maybe you'll be the featured gallery and the posts will definitely start pouring in! You guys look so happy together! If I'm in the mood tomorrow, maybe I'll post again with some childhood memories! 8 down 2 to go!

esther and joel, ok, so there is no WAY i can compete with these ginormous long paragraph posts! but i will first start off by saying...finally!! im really super duper happy for you guys! esther, i am so happy we became so close over the years, from camp yedid, to gan izzy (uch) to me waking you up every shabbos afternoon we were home, and you yelling at me that i didnt give you more than two days notice before i came home! i can't wait to go crazy at your wedding! well i could write more, but its 1 in the morning at im super exhausted, so at risk for not writing anything to insane, ill end with MAZAL TOV!!! YAY!!! love shari

Mazal Tov "Yoily" David and Esther, This is such wonderful news! Avi is happy to hear that another one of his friends is engaged to be married! You guys look awesome together and we are looking forward to meeting you both in person soon! The invitation is open for shabbos anytime. Best Wishes, Avi, Atarah, Sarah Miryl, & Shayna Leah

Esther Shoshanah and Joel: Mazal tov, these besoros tovos really made my day. I mean I mamash was so filled with simcha and ahavas Hashem when I saw you were engaged. I need to hear all the details like where he learns and where you are going to live. Joel you should know your kallah is mamash a tzadekes, we all love her. May you be zoche to build a bayis neman beyisroel. ~Leah Bracha

Woohoo! Mazel tov!! We are so excited for both of you:) ~Keshet and Steve

Mazal tov Esther and Joel! I'm a little ashamed that both my mom and moshe's mom managed to post before us, but then again Esther is lucky that I am posting at all considering her ADAMANT refusal to post on my page...anyhoo, we are both thrilled for you guys and can't wait for the shmorg!( it's all moshe's been talking about for the last few days) We would also like to place our vote for your future housing accomodations- we do get a vote, right?- that is, for queens NOT philly or the heights. We'd also like to publicly anounce our forgiveness for going behind our backs with this shidduch (come on joel, you couldn't wait 2 days for us to come back from toronto?!?!) With all that said, Mazal tov again and we can't wait for the wedding! oh and for bomzer's post (where is it already?) Love elaine and moshe ps- Esther, I did NOT tell Joel any stories about you... okay, maybe I did but nothing embarrassing...atleast, not by my standards

Mazal Tov! So happy to hear the wonderful news! Wishing you lots of simcha and success! <3 Shalhevet

Mazel Tov to Joel and the lucky kallah*! My bracha to you both is that your weeks of not seeing each other between dates should end soon! Good luck with the wedding and life planning and let me know if I can be of [any more] assistance. Love, Avi [*I’m leaving out “Esther” to make this post seem like it’s for Joel - I thought I’d throw him a bone]

Mazal Tov Joel and Esther!!! Amazing to hear the great news!!! i wish i could write a paragraph of space for you both but im not sure what to say, so Mazal Tov again, and i hope to see you both real soon!

hey esther such great news! i just wanted to wish you a big mazel tov and i hope that you and your chosson have a life full of bracha and Mazel. i wish you guys nothing but the best! Mazel Tov to the entire Anton family! Natanya and Simcha

Dear Esther and Joel, Mazal tov. I am so happy for you, and I can't wait for the wedding. Esther, you are an awesome sister to me I'll miss you (expect a lot of phone calls). By the way, aren't you really impressed with my secret keeping abilities, I bet you didn't know I could keep a secret so well :) Joel, thanks for making Esther so happy!! and thanks for your culinary help :) Welcome to the family. May the two of you have only bracha and simcha in your life together. Judy (6 down, 4 to go)

Now that you have posted pictures the boycott has been lifted and I'm signing: Dearest E.Q. and Mr. David, Mazal Tov!!! I am so so so thrilled for you both! ...I'm just kvelling at how beautifully my little E.Q. has grown up! Joel, as I'm sure you are well aware Esther is incredible, unique and a truly beautiful person inside and out. While we have not met in person, I can assume that you too must be pretty incredible for Esther to have chosen you as her dude (as Esther can tell you that is a Lisi term of utmost endearment and honor). Esther, it is so wonderful to hear your joy and sheer bliss even through the phone thousands of miles away - I ache to be able to be there dancing with you. Esther and Joel, together you two shine (I can see that in the pictures) like a beautiful, charismatic couple - I can't wait to get together with you both "keday le'heetrashem meHaZugiyoot." I really want to wish you much happiness together as well as for all your goals and dreams to come true, and look forward to being neighbors soon in Israel! Much Mazal Tov to you both as well as to both of your families - to the Davids, Mazal Tov on this amazing daughter-in-law, to the Antons, Mazal Tov on your new son-in-law! I look forward to b"h celebrating with you all soon! Much Simchah, Ahavah, Nachat v'hamon Mazal Tov!!! Love, Lisi In the meantime, Joel, if you want any tips about living with Esther - from her former exclusive roommate to her future exclusive roommate - mamash b'simcha , I've got a lot to share (: (P.S. sorry for the transliteration, the Hebrew font doesn't seem to work on OnlySimchas)

MAZAL TOV!! All the brachos! Love Chavi (this post does have something to do with Ariella)

Esther!! my life is much more complete now that I have seen pictures of your vort!!! your face is beautifully glowing and I'm so excited and happy for you!! here's the critical question though, how do you write "Esther Q." on your kesuba? (3 down, 7 to go)

I love the pictures! Esther, you must be marrying a pretty awesome guy - the two of you together just glow!!! (see pictures 2 and 3 for photographic evidence) (2 down...8 to go)

Mazal tov! I'm really so happy for you, and can't wait to be in touch and catch up. Love, Sarah

So here I go...... Mazal tov Joel and Esther! This is so exciting! I'm glad you're friends with each other now. I WANT PICTURES!!

DEAR ESTHER, MAZAL TOV! GUESS WHO I AM- (HINTS)- 1)WE MET AT ABRAMS, 2)I WASNT A STUDENT THERE, 3)IM NOT A MEMBER IN THE KANGAROO POUCH, 4)(I GUESS MY INITIALS IS A GOOD HINT TOO!) ARE U MOVING TO THE "HOLY LAND" (NOT REFERING TO THE PIZZA SHOP)... ANYWAYS, LOTS OF BRACHA!

Dear Esther and Joel - Mazel Tov to you and your families! We wish you all of the happiness that life can offer. Health, wealth, peace and nachas from each other and from your children to come! Love, The Slurzbergs PS - Photos please!

Mazel Tov! May you be Zoche to build a bayis Ne'eman byisroel!

Hellllloooo! Thank you! We are so totally uber-happy for you both. You make quite a pair, just like the rest of us Landers/Elaine-and-her-buddies couples. we should start a league or something. we wish you buckets of joy and success (Avi wanted to say "money" there but Aviva softened it) together, and a long life filled with Torah and happy healthy children and stuff like that. do you mind if we throw in an "i told you so" here at the end of the post? Mazel tov again, love Avi/va Rosenberg

Mazel Tov Esther and Joel!! We were so happy to hear the good news. We wish you many years of happiness together. If you are passing through, don't forget to stop in--Joel knows the way very well. Love, Rivka and Lou Steinberg

Mazel tov Esther. I'm so happy for you. You are such a special person I am sure you will build a home filled with kedusha. May you be zoche to build a bayis ne'eman b'yisroel filled with torah and mitzvos. ~Eva

Mazal Tov Esther and Joel! I am so so excited for you and I can't wait to meet Joel! But I require that the wedding must be in August and that you must post a picture because i really can't keep imagining what Joel looks like. I'm kind of nervous to see what he really looks like because my imagination has been running astray for so long! So, nu, post a picture! And again, I am so thrilled for you both!

Mazel tov!!! I'm so excited for you both, even though I've never met Joel! Sometimes it can be a challenge to find the positive side to every situation, but this is easy! May you build a bayis neeman b'yisrael! Esther, I can't wait to see you soon!

EQ-RN & Joel - I am sooooooo thrilled/too happy to express in words (even though I have yet to meet Joel, which is totally lo fair...I've decided you both need to come to Eretz Yisroel ASAP...how about pesach??) MAZEL TOV x a million - you should have only simcha, brachos, & ma'asim tovim, and mamash everything you need! Oh, and of course a bayis ne'eman b'Yisroel. Allison, Lisi and I are dancing here for you (though we seem to be missing an important person) - I don't know how I'm going to create shtick without your creative wisdom, but I better start planning :P can't wait to dance with you!! MAZEL TOV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s. can i ship you a decorated door?? p.p.s. I definitely need to see pictures :)

holy moly!! where's the pictures????mazal tov a million times over!! i go on facebook for more than 2 secs today and what do i see on rivka's facebook....mazel tov esther and joel, so i say to myself how many esther's can rivka know?? so i look on your's and bang, bam! youre engaged!! mazal tov!! i have no idea where i put your numb. (there are still many things in boxes) but please please either call or email me your numb. 0545-326-014

Mazel Tov!!! What exciting news!! I really hope you do still remember me... that's why i made sure to post right after Adira!! Seriously, this is so so exciting, and may you be zoche to build a bayis neeman biyisroel with your new husband. Mazel Tov again. Love, Bleemee

WOAH!! You're in big trouble!! And I just confirmed it with Leah so you're in DOUBLE TROUBLE! AND Morah Goldy signed!? That makes you in TRIPPLE TROUBLE, Esther! I can't believe I'm signing your only simchas page! This is so exciting! So since I know ZERO information, including the number of times you went out, I just want to let your Chosson (or chatan?) know that he really doesn't know you. Esther is a person who wears many hats. Usually not all at once cause that would look weird, but they could be considered stacked up one on top of the other. See, Esther went to this elementary school called Abrams where she was frummest person there. This means that her and her whole mishpacha were (and still is) shomer shabbos, like for real. Then she went to a school called T.A. (I wasn't there so couldn't really tell ya anything about that), and worked in a day camp called Camp Yedid. I hear Esther laughing already (you should know hopefully by now that Esther laughs at many things). Since there is SO much to say, I'll just mention that this hat includes her ability to enlighten other Lakewood counselors about dignified, prestigious institutions of intelligence, other then BMG of course, such as Michlala and Darchei Bina. Then she has the U of P and finally the nursing hat (do nurses wear hats anymore? They used to, right?) But now, Esther Hakallah, you will be wearing the best hat of all: the wife hat. Until we speak on the phone, and you spill every single detail, I wish you guys much bracha and simcha and only good things until 120. And by the way- if I find out you moved to Eretz Yisroal from some random person... consider this a warning : )

Dear Esther:We are so happy to hear your good news. We have very fond memories of you at our home in Philly and are very appreciative of all you did for Elaine when she got married. You are such a sweet person and deserve the best. May Hashem bless you with good health and happiness in your new life with Joel. (It's so cute that he is a friend of Moshe's too.) Mazel Tov to you and your family and please give regards to your parents. Bet they are walking on clouds! Love Rose and Bob Wolfeld

As the other former roommate, I feel it's my duty to also say MAZAL TOV!!!! Esther, I'm so so so happy for you (and so so so disappointed I couldn't bug you about Joel the way you and I bugged Rachel about Selig)... and Joel, I'm looking forward to meeting you!

MAZAL TOV!!!!! To dear Esther Q aka. Mrs. David to-be, my one-letter-apart-to-be (I always knew we were twins) (oh yes, and you too Mr. David) -- we are SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! Etc etc etc. And very happy you guys are following the popular trend and getting married. PS. your sefer is still waiting in Washington Heights HINT HINT :-P Love, Rachel (& Selig) DaviS

MAZAL TOV!!!!!! it's so nice to hear abt the exciting news!!!!! when are you coming to visit again?!?!?? mazal tov again!!!!

Mazal tov Esther and Joel! May you build a bayis ne'eman b'Yisrael, full of simcha, Torah, and ma'asim tovim! :-)

Yay! Mazal tov, Esther!

Mazel Tov Esther!!!I am so happy for you! I wish you both much Bracha and Hatzlacha in your new life together!! xoxox

Mazal Tov, Esther and Joel!

Hi Esther, Its very exciting to see a familiar name in only Simchas! Mazel Tov and much brochah always. Regards to Judith and your parents. Joel, you got a gem of a girl! Morah Goldy

Mazal Tov! Wishing you much ease and clarity with all the nitty gritty details. love, mati riv and laya ora

Mazel Tov! Wishing you so much happiness together - my whole family sends their best wishes :-)

Mazel Tov Joel and Esther! Esther - Welcome to the family, we can hardly wait to meet you. May both of you be zoche to build a bais ne'eman b'yisroel. Fondly, all the Medjuck cousins.

Joel! Mazel Tov on your engagement! May you & Esther be zoche to build a BNB. Also, a big mazel tov to the entire David Family :)

Mazel Tov Esther! Such exciting news! I'm really happy for you! Hashem should continue to give you and Joel lots of simcha, bracha and hatzlacha! Mazel tov to the entire Anton family! -Erica and the rest of the Stern family

MAZAL TOV Ester!!!! I'm so happy for you!!

Dear Esther and Joel, What wonderful news.Much mazel and happiness now and forever.The Piatetsky's

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok. Lets try that again. MAZAL TOV Chosson Kallah!!! Esther I cant believe this...I was just shmoozing with you and now a few hours later--youre engaged. So I guess its not gonna be Feb 23rd or March 15th after all, seems like Joel decided to come in and surprise you today! Esther-you are a Tzadeket, so thoughtful and always looking out for others and...hey who we kidding, lots of fun!! Heres to many more Dunkin Dates (Shoutout to A and S;-) and maaaany many more Simchot B"eh!!! May you guys have every Bracha and then some.. Much love always, Shani:)

Mazel Tov Esther!! May you both share in many more simchas together, and it's funny that I just saw you in shul yesterday and now you're engaged!

Esther and Joel, mazel tov!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! glad you're still busy since the concert awhile ago :) you should be zoche to build a bayit neman byisrael! -ilana & daniel

MAZAL TOV!! Seems like just yesterday we were trying to communicate through the walls!! We wish you the very best! Love- Tamar, Josh and Elior

I tried writing you a bracha in Hebrew but with no luck (this is onlysimchas isn't it?!) so here goes, bare with me: shetizku lehakim bayit neeman beYisrael, binyan adei ad maleh beor haTorah, kedusha, vehamon simcha amitit! I'm so happy for you. Can't wait to give you my best wishes in person! Mazal tov, mazal tov to the whole mishpucha!! See ya soon...

mazal tov!!!!!!!!! hooray for esther!! (and joel!)

Dear Esther & Joel, MAZEL TOV!!!! We are so happy for you guys and wish you all the best! Samantha & Andy