Trudging through a bog with temperatures in the high 30s, dozens of Orthodox Puttis made their way towards the new mikveh. Onlookers from neighbouring Ugandan villages could hardly believe their eyes.
The event — which took place late last month — was the marriage of Ruth Muthoni, a young Orthodox lady from the Nairobi Jewish community, to Tarphon Kamya, a member of the Putti community who had recently returned to Uganda after studying at a yeshivah in Jerusalem for a year.
The pair had been introduced to each other by Simon den Hollander, a New York-based rabbinical student and matchmaker.
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