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MAZEL TOV & GONG XI · Go News To Go: More Good News

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  Speaker 1: Thank you very beautiful. Okay, the person who just came,
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  Speaker 1: would you like you to take your cane. You don't
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  Speaker 1: have to sit in the.
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  Speaker 2: Coney keep it all right, you can just put it over.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, it's incredible.
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  Speaker 3: M m.
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  Speaker 4: H.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome and shut on to each and every one of you.
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  Speaker 2: If you haven't met me, I'm Rabbi Jill Rabbi Jill Houseman,
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  Speaker 2: and we are all so happy and joyful to be
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  Speaker 2: here for the wedding of Paul Slakis and Champion Ivy mob.
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  Speaker 1: Wadin nat jah.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever family and friends come together in joyful celebration,
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  Speaker 2: there's a special prayer to express our gratitude and our love.
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  Speaker 1: Shahappy on is it going to be loud? It could
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  Speaker 1: be right.
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  Speaker 5: For Lota.
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  Speaker 6: Hello, hey new Mellan call long sure, thank you many.
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  Speaker 2: Lo oh.
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  Speaker 5: Man.
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  Speaker 2: Blessed are you the source of all who has given
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  Speaker 2: us life, sustained us, and brought us to this joyous time.
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  Speaker 2: I bless you in and all with a prayer from
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  Speaker 2: the book of Psalms. Bauheim haba em. Blessed are you
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  Speaker 2: all of you who.
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  Speaker 1: Have come for this marvelous occasion.
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  Speaker 2: Today, in this gathering, this very special intimate gathering. We
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  Speaker 2: feel the presence and spirit of the creator of the
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  Speaker 2: universe as we celebrate the joy of your union, and
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  Speaker 2: as we are present here together and since the presence
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  Speaker 2: of the eternal together. May each of us be totally
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  Speaker 2: present in the sacredness of this moment, as there is
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  Speaker 2: might beyond us, as there is blessed beyond us, as
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  Speaker 2: there is power beyond us. May this bride and this
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  Speaker 2: groom you blessed.
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  Speaker 4: Me.
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  Speaker 6: Hoty Ho, call.
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  Speaker 7: Me by.
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  Speaker 8: Hong, call me got to.
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  Speaker 5: Hod hog call.
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  Speaker 2: We were on.
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  Speaker 5: Corto Reddic Daddy. It's all.
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  Speaker 1: There we go at this joyous time. We were called
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  Speaker 1: beloved family members who are no longer with us to
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  Speaker 1: share the beauty of this day.
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  Speaker 2: We are thinking with love in our hearts of Ruth
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  Speaker 2: slack cast and Max Slackness, Uwai Chen Ray, Gutman, gelfand
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  Speaker 2: But in truth, as we remember them, they are with us.
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  Speaker 2: They are with us and the people we have become.
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  Speaker 2: They live in our hearts, and they live to us.
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  Speaker 2: They will never be forgotten as long as we feel
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  Speaker 2: the closeness of their loving presence. And we are also
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  Speaker 2: thinking of others who could not join us here today
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  Speaker 2: who we know are thinking of us. Paul's grandchildren Jason
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  Speaker 2: and Julia, also Ivy's relatives.
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  Speaker 1: And friends in China and elsewhere, and Paul's extended.
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  Speaker 2: Family in far fund regions all over. To them, we
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  Speaker 2: send our gratitude and our love.
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  Speaker 1: Would you like something? Would you like something special? Mom
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  Speaker 1: and Dad come with me please?
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  Speaker 5: That's that's Okaybi's first wedding.
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  Speaker 7: Gent to a wedding.
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  Speaker 5: I do not have what she does.
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  Speaker 1: You're lucky figuring that. Yeah, problem.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry. It is customary at Chinese weddings to express our
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  Speaker 2: gratitude for Heaven and Earth. And this is a reading
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  Speaker 2: adapted from streech And and Paramahansa, Yoganada and Yogananda. And
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  Speaker 2: this is very meaningful to Paul because he has mets
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  Speaker 2: reaching one.
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  Speaker 1: A heart of continuous gratitude, Thank you is the most.
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  Speaker 2: Difficult thing for a human being to offer to the
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  Speaker 2: Beloved Supreme. My heart of gratitude always knows the way.
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  Speaker 2: Walk and touch the great gift of Earth.
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  Speaker 1: Every moment.
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  Speaker 2: Kiss the earth with your feet, bringing the earth your
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  Speaker 2: love and joy.
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  Speaker 1: Love is the song of the soul singing to God.
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  Speaker 2: The balanced rhythmic dance of planets sun, moon, and stars.
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  Speaker 2: Love is the essence of Heaven, towards which all things
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  Speaker 2: and beings aspire.
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  Speaker 1: All all are given to us in love that we
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  Speaker 1: may know divine happiness.
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  Speaker 2: And this is not only meaningful to Ivy, whose tradition
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  Speaker 2: it is, but to Paul, who.
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  Speaker 1: Does the Earth Day event.
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  Speaker 5: So it's a very.
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  Speaker 1: Very meaningful to both of you.
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  Speaker 2: Radiant bride, I bestow upon you the blessings of the Patriarchs.
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  Speaker 2: May your life be filled with the laughter and love
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  Speaker 2: of Sarah, the wisdom and vision of Rebecca, the kindness
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  Speaker 2: of Leah, the modesty and radiance of Rachel, and the
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  Speaker 2: courage and self reliance of Miriam.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, You're welcome. Paul.
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  Speaker 2: As you behold your beautiful bride, I bestow upon you
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  Speaker 2: the blessings of the Patriarchs. May you be granted the
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  Speaker 2: faith and steadfastness of Abraham. May you be inspired with
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  Speaker 2: the awe of Isaac. May triumph in every struggle like Jacob.
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  Speaker 2: May you have a wealth, worldliness and wisdom of Joseph.
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  Speaker 2: And may you have the patience and perseverance of Moses.
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  Speaker 2: So as of life we ask for your blessing upon
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  Speaker 2: these your children. We come into your presence with precious gifts.
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  Speaker 2: The two of you come into the eternal presence with
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  Speaker 2: precious gifts, your love, your hopes and dreams, your faith
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  Speaker 2: in each other, and your trust in life. As we
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  Speaker 2: consecrate these gifts, and as the two of you consecrate
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  Speaker 2: these gifts to each other, to your families, to your communities,
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  Speaker 2: and to the entire world, we ask that blessing be
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  Speaker 2: bestowed upon you from the divine You and noble life,
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  Speaker 2: as you share your love together eternal whe we thank
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  Speaker 2: you for all creation and for this wine symbol of joy.
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  Speaker 4: By lot and hello, new melancho, hand me a god
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  Speaker 4: mane oh.
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  Speaker 1: Man, mhm. Blessed are you eternal one is who has
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  Speaker 1: created the fruit of the vine.
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  Speaker 2: In Chinese tradition, the bride and the groom also drink
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  Speaker 2: from a cup of wine.
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  Speaker 1: Who hunts you?
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  Speaker 9: Joe, big.
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  Speaker 1: Joe, Joe, bid you, John?
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  Speaker 5: Did you You're good?
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  Speaker 1: Thank you?
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  Speaker 6: Thank you.
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  Speaker 5: It's called joint.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, drink you exchange a cup of wine with arms intertwined,
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  Speaker 2: so please do that.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead, there you go, and there you.
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  Speaker 2: Very good, Thank you very much. And this, this linking
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  Speaker 2: of your arms represents your unity. There is a story
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  Speaker 2: to this piece of paper. This is the Chinese character
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  Speaker 2: happiness double happiness to happiness is the happiness whoops, thank
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  Speaker 2: you for the happiness, the happiness double. And there is
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  Speaker 2: a famous legend about this double happiness, which must be
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  Speaker 2: displayed at every Chinese wedding.
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  Speaker 1: This is the story.
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  Speaker 2: Once the student traveled to the capital for the national
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  Speaker 2: examination to select ministers for the court. On the journey,
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  Speaker 2: he became ill. An herbalist doctor and his daughter took
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  Speaker 2: him in and he recovered, but found it hard to
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  Speaker 2: say goodbye, as he.
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  Speaker 1: And the girl had fallen in love.
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  Speaker 2: She wrote the first half of a poem for the
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  Speaker 2: student to come when he returned to her, Green trees
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  Speaker 2: against the sky in the spring rain, while the sky set.
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  Speaker 1: Off spring trees in the shadows.
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  Speaker 2: The student won first place in the examination and was
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  Speaker 2: interviewed by the Emperor. The emperor asked him to supply
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of a poem to the Emperor's red flowers
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  Speaker 2: dot the land in the breezes wake while the land
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  Speaker 2: colored red after the kiss. The student realized immediately that
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  Speaker 2: the girl's poem was the perfect fit to the emperor's,
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  Speaker 2: so he answered without hesitation. The emperor was delighted and
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  Speaker 2: appointed the young man as minister. The student rushed to
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  Speaker 2: the girl's home and recited the Emperor's poem. Her father
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  Speaker 2: gladly permitted their marriage.
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  Speaker 1: For the wedding, the.
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  Speaker 2: Couple doubled the Chinese character happy on a red piece
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  Speaker 2: of paper signifying good luck. Red is the color of
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  Speaker 2: good luck in Chinese culture, and put it on their
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  Speaker 2: wall to express their happiness for the two events. And
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  Speaker 2: from then on, double happiness representing two people happily getting.
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  Speaker 1: Married, has had a place of honor in Chinese weddings.
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  Speaker 1: This wedding canopy that we stand beneath, this kupa, is
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  Speaker 1: a symbol.
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  Speaker 2: That has many meanings. Kuppa means that which covers or
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  Speaker 2: floats above. As such, it is a sacred space in
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  Speaker 2: which the joining of two lives and two souls can occur.
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  Speaker 2: It symbolizes the home that Ivy and Paul are continuing
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  Speaker 2: to create together.
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  Speaker 1: It is open, like their hearts and all of our hearts.
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  Speaker 2: Its opening is a welcome to us, all drawing us
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  Speaker 2: into the drama of the wedding ceremony and allowing no
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  Speaker 2: secrets to exist in this place. It reminds us of
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  Speaker 2: the sukka, the booth of the desert in which our
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  Speaker 2: ancestors dwelt that was open to the stars and the
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  Speaker 2: presence of the eternal holy being. And also it is
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  Speaker 2: a structure which is incomplete. In our world, everything including
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  Speaker 2: we are just a little incomplete. The earth produces no bread,
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  Speaker 2: but we growe to make bread, and in this way
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  Speaker 2: we become.
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  Speaker 1: Partners in creation.
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  Speaker 2: Rukatado nine the kadesh amoystra al a Yuda fupava ki machine.
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  Speaker 1: Blessed are you eternal one who sanctifies this sacred marriage
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  Speaker 1: At the fafa. The traditional Chinese tea.
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  Speaker 2: Ceremony is more than twelve hundred years old. Paul and
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  Speaker 2: iv his parents are not here to be served tea,
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  Speaker 2: so they will serve tea to each other as a
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  Speaker 2: sign of respect. In Chinese tradition, tea is a symbol
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  Speaker 2: of purity and stability, the purity of a love that
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  Speaker 2: is pure and noble, the stability of faithful trust and love. So,
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  Speaker 2: Paul and Ivy, would you like to step over to
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  Speaker 2: the team, and Ivy would you like to pour the team?
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. You can go from where Paul is so
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  Speaker 1: that you're not around to Paul. Good good. Good. If
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  Speaker 1: you want to put put anything in here, if you
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  Speaker 1: want to remove that, okay, h thank you, thank you good.
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  Speaker 2: And Paul, would you like to serve Ivy the team?
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  Speaker 2: And Ivy would you like to serve all the team.
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  Speaker 2: And why don't you go back to go back to
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  Speaker 2: where you.
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  Speaker 1: Were to serve each other teeth?
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  Speaker 7: Okay, m M.
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  Speaker 2: May your love be pure, mayor's respect be true, may
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  Speaker 2: your marriage be long, and you don't welcome.
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  Speaker 1: May I have the rings? Please? Thank you, jin Paul.
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  Speaker 2: I would like to ask you please to place the
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  Speaker 2: ring on Ivy's finger.
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  Speaker 1: And as you do so, good. I went stead already
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  Speaker 1: at the beach and we lost the ring.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, place the ring on Ivy's finger, and as you
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  Speaker 2: do so, say these words to her. I, Paul Slacks,
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  Speaker 2: take you chimping as my wife, my friend, my love,
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  Speaker 2: and my lifelong companion.
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  Speaker 1: Beautiful, thank you there you are.
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  Speaker 2: And Ivy, would you please put the ring on Paul's finger,
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  Speaker 2: and then you do so, please say these words to him,
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  Speaker 2: I chimping, ib Ma, take you Paul Slack as my husband,
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  Speaker 2: my friend, my love, and my lifelong companion. Everything strong
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  Speaker 2: is in a circle, the sky, the stars.
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  Speaker 1: And planets are all around.
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  Speaker 2: The windwhirls, the seasons change, always returning to where they began.
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  Speaker 2: These wedding dance link you to each other, to pass
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  Speaker 2: and future generations.
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  Speaker 1: By exchanging these rings, you show the strong circle of
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  Speaker 1: your love. By exchanging these rings, you.
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  Speaker 2: Are married forever, as witnessed by the source of our blessings,
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  Speaker 2: the eternal source of all life.
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  Speaker 1: Family and friends, maclet I mean, Paul.
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  Speaker 2: It is wonderful when two people who care deeply for
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  Speaker 2: each other come together to make commitment to one another
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  Speaker 2: and the vision of the future you share. You have
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  Speaker 2: each met the person who can love, appreciate, and treasure
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  Speaker 2: you for who you are, and yet help you to
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  Speaker 2: become more of the person you might yet be. Someone
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  Speaker 2: who understands you profoundly and who compliments you in all
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  Speaker 2: of the best ways.
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  Speaker 1: Someone who is easy to talk to and be with, who.
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  Speaker 2: Is accepting, generous, hard working, genuine and caring, who will
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  Speaker 2: support you in all your endeavors, being there for you
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  Speaker 2: to bring out the best in you, to allow you
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  Speaker 2: to be yourself, to take care of you, to build
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  Speaker 2: a stable life together, to help you to travel and
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  Speaker 2: be together in mon talk, hiking and fishing, to enjoy food,
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  Speaker 2: music and dancing together, to attend events, concerts.
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  Speaker 1: And have fun, and to make you laugh. A best friend, teammate,
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  Speaker 1: and companion who.
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  Speaker 2: Will share life's largest decisions and smallest pleasures, giving you
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  Speaker 2: the deepest love.
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  Speaker 1: Of their heart.
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  Speaker 2: You have seen into each other's souls and found their beauty, kindness, dedication, respect, loyalty, strength,
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  Speaker 2: and intelligence, which is also the radiance of your own
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  Speaker 2: souls reflected in each other's eyes. As your relationship deepens,
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  Speaker 2: in the mysterious way that marriage.
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  Speaker 1: Expands our ability to love one another, may.
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  Speaker 2: You always listen deeply to the wisdom you provide for
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  Speaker 2: each other, being models of compassion and acceptance, learning from
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  Speaker 2: each other, perfecting each other, forgiving each other, enlightening each
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  Speaker 2: other's cares. As King Solomon said, two are stronger than one.
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  Speaker 2: May you always be a source of strength to one another.
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  Speaker 2: And may your love nourish your relationship and your home
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  Speaker 2: all the days of your lives. I now bless you
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  Speaker 2: with the ancient benediction. Please come together and face meet,
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  Speaker 2: come together shoulder shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: Please thank you all right, thank you so much?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, pish, May God bless you and keep you.
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  Speaker 10: No no, no, no, May God's countenance, God's face shine
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  Speaker 10: upon you and be gracious unto you.
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  Speaker 5: Yees all, oh.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, lo.
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  Speaker 6: Shine.
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  Speaker 2: May God's countenance be lifted up upon you, and bless
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  Speaker 2: you with every good thing, with long lives, with good.
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  Speaker 1: Health, with prosperity, joy and peace. You can go back
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  Speaker 1: to where you are. Thank you. The Chinese tradition of
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  Speaker 1: biting an apple is one that I just learned about from.
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  Speaker 11: Ivy, and the apple is supposed to be suspended, but
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  Speaker 11: I really don't have a place to suspend it, so
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  Speaker 11: I'm going to suspend.
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  Speaker 1: It this way from my hand.
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  Speaker 2: And I'd explained that it's a bit of fun in
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  Speaker 2: the wedding and it's read for good luck.
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  Speaker 1: So this is the first time I've ever done this,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it's the first time Paul has ever
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  Speaker 1: done this, and the first time Ivy's ever done this.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe all right, go ahead, Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 9: Well done, you're good. Good, it was done.
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  Speaker 1: He did it, You did it, you made it happen. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: you're so welcome.
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  Speaker 2: The breaking of the glass is another wedding symbol that
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  Speaker 2: has many meetings, and since Paul has officiated at a
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  Speaker 2: number of weddings, he has A favorite explanation.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, well, the explanation that I like to use is
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  Speaker 3: that when you break it, last is in many parts,
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  Speaker 3: and life has many parts, and to acknowledge that it
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  Speaker 3: has some short parts, has some dull parts, it has
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  Speaker 3: lots of very uh ways that you live life through.
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  Speaker 7: And one of the us that that you have to
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  Speaker 7: do your best to.
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  Speaker 3: Try to easily, lovingly, sharingly put the glass back together
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  Speaker 3: or get close to it, and if you can, but
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  Speaker 3: still be accepting.
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  Speaker 7: And loving and caring all that time. So that's the
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  Speaker 7: way I explained them breaking the best.
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  Speaker 1: Some additional I do. Some of them were ruled out
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  Speaker 1: by the letting help. One that was not ruled out
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  Speaker 1: is that.
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  Speaker 2: A modern explanation is that the sound of this breaking
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  Speaker 2: glass travels through time and space to share your love
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  Speaker 2: and your joy with all who have loved you and
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  Speaker 2: all whom you have loved, both those separated by time
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  Speaker 2: and those separated by distance. But my favorite explanation is
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  Speaker 2: that in every beginning, there must be an ending, a
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  Speaker 2: break with the past, the end of two lives lived alone,
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  Speaker 2: in the beginning of a strong and loving union. As
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  Speaker 2: this glass is broken in joy, old lives perish that
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  Speaker 2: new lives may begin.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy h.
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  Speaker 7: M hm.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, okay, go ahead. I have some husband and wife
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  Speaker 1: talking about him.
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  Speaker 5: Talk talk talk talk.
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  Speaker 11: Talk ha.
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  Speaker 5: Ha oh no, he love you about.
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  Speaker 1: Simon.
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  Speaker 5: Tell Simon.
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  Speaker 1: I can tell him, unto tell him.
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  Speaker 5: Tell I didn't tell him, some telling him sim And hey,
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  Speaker 5: a welcome.
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  Speaker 1: Hold and I do have provided a huge feast.
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  Speaker 5: Please come and celebrate.
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  Speaker 12: Yes, yeah, m
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  Speaker 1: M yeah, okay