“I did what I wanted when I wanted to and didn’t have to answer
to anyone. But I like having someone to share things with. From the
beginning, I don’t think we had any secrets. We both expressed our
paths, so there were no real surprises.”
But there are compromises. Deena Freedman keeps a kosher
home, with five sets of dishes. One of them is for her husband, who
doesn’t keep kosher and eats treif.

He’s also a Mets fan, while she follows the Phillies.

“Keeper” IN THE (JEWISH) RYE
Rina and Michael Ehrlich named their 5-month-old son, Holden,
after the main character in one of their favorite books, J.D. Salinger’s
Catcher in the Rye.

Since he came into the picture following their Nov. 15, 2014 wed-
ding, much has changed.

“Everything before goes out the window,” explained Michael
Ehrlich who, as a 13-year-old, once attended the same Bat Mitzvah
as 11-year-old Rina. “It’s all for the baby.

“You put yourself last, as it should be. Otherwise there haven’t been
a whole lot of surprises. … But being able to watch Rina grow into a
bride, wife and mother has certainly grown my feelings for her.”
Those feelings are mutual for the woman he proposed to at the
end of a long scavenger hunt.

Michael, Rina and
Holden Ehrlich
See Newlyweds, Page 16
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