There are several answers to this question. Feel free to choose whichever one you like best.

1) When Josh was studying at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem in 1992, he went to a concert in Eilat called Rock at the Red Sea. Sarit also went to the same concert, and they bumped into each other. Over the sound of the ocean and music of Israel's most popular bands, they engaged in a deep, philosophical discussion about life, the universe, and everything. When the concert ended, they went their separate ways. In 2006, while walking down the streets of Washington, DC, they passed each other. One recognizing the other, they paused to chat. One thing led to another, and a year and a half later, Josh proposed to Sarit.

2) After finishing grad school, Sarit relocated to Washington, DC. One weekend, a friend of hers from school came to visit. Her friend had another friend in DC, and wanting to see him, dragged Sarit along. Her friend's friend also dragged his friend along. Sarit and Josh sat and talked all day while the friends hung out. One thing led to another, and a year and a half later, Josh proposed to Sarit.

3) Sarit was actually a mail-order bride who Josh found in a catalog. After she arrived in the US, one thing led to another, and a year and a half later, Josh proposed to Sarit.

Josh was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He moved to Washington, DC, in 1996 to go to graduate school, and has been there ever since.

There was a plan, but like most, it went awry. Nevertheless, Josh was sweet, and Sarit was flattered.

Over dinner in a nice restaurant, Josh removed his ring and placed it on Sarit's finger, with the shank side up, so it looked like a plain gold wedding band. He said, "what do you think? Can you see yourself wearing a ring like that?" She responded, "I just don't know."

At this point, Josh produced another ring, one that looked more like something Sarit would wear, and asked, "What about with this one?"

Sarit said, yes, and they ate their meal with giddy, childish smiles on their face.

Sarit and Josh were looking for someplace unique for their wedding. They thought about the beach, but Josh's sister had already done that. they thought about the Gaza Strip, but figured no one would come. Then Sarit said that she always wanted to get married in a cave. After looking around for place that was open, they found Neot Kedumim's Ophira's Garden and thought that would be a great place.

Sarit and Josh will be getting married on January 29, 2009.

Yes. Sarit and Josh have several registries going:

• Bed Bath & Beyond
• Crate & Barrel
• Williams-Sonoma (for State of Residence: District of Columbia; for Date of Event: January 2009)

Both the Hebrew print and the English print say the same thing. The only difference is in the date and time. The English paragraph has the date written in the Gregorian calendar, and the Hebrew paragraph has the date written in the Hebrew calendar. The times are the same, except the Hebrew paragraph is in 24-hour time. Other than that, they are pretty much the same (with the occasional translational differences).

The white cards that are all in Hebrew are tickets for free admission into Neot Kedumim. On the back of those cards are directions from both Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The stone is on the invitations for 2 reasons: 1) we thought it looked cool, and 2) to carry on the theme. Since we're getting married in a cave, and we had the save the date magnets drawn to look like we were cavepeople, we thought the stone would carry on the cave theme.