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Organizing a wedding with Tov: moments, alerts, designs

One invitation, several moments (henna, chuppah, reception, Sheva Brachot), each with its own audience. What Tov checks for a wedding, and how to set it up.

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  1. Setting it up, step by step
  2. The moments of a wedding
  3. Sides and households
  4. Henna and Sheva Brachot
Culture

This article touches on Jewish practice. It sticks to widely shared reference points and has not yet been reviewed by a rabbi: if in doubt, ask yours.

A wedding is almost never a single appointment. In Tov, you prepare one invitation and place each part of the celebration in it as a moment, with its own day, time, place and audience. Everyone can be invited to the chuppah; only some households are invited to the meal.

Setting it up, step by step

  1. Step 1

    Choose “Wedding” and write the names

    This is the first screen of the creation flow (“Who for?”). The names, for example those of the couple, will appear on every design.

  2. Step 2

    Set the date

    Tov shows the Hebrew date and checks Shabbat, Yom Tov, the Omer and the Three Weeks. For a wedding, if the date falls on a Shabbat or a Yom Tov, a confirmation is required: “A Jewish wedding is not held on Shabbat or on a Yom Tov. Check the date and time.” See the article on Shabbat, Yom Tov and Omer.

  3. Step 3

    Build the program

    Tov offers: chuppah, reception, civil ceremony, henna, Shabbat Chatan and Sheva Brachot. You check those of your wedding, with the day, time and audience of each. The henna, the civil ceremony, the Shabbat Chatan and the Sheva Brachot take place on another day: they are offered without a date, for you to choose.

  4. Step 4

    Choose the design

    Compare the designs made for weddings, with your names in them. If you prefer an invitation without religious symbols, uncheck the symbols in the design settings.

  5. Step 5

    Add your households, then publish

    In “Invite”, each household is invited to the moments you check. Then publish, and send on WhatsApp, household by household.

The moments of a wedding

  • The chuppah, the civil ceremony and the Shabbat Chatan are “Everyone” by default: anyone who has the link sees them.
  • The reception, the henna and the Sheva Brachot are “By invitation” by default: only the households you invite to them see them.
  • The reception is suggested two hours after the chuppah. Change it freely.
  • A Shabbat, Yom Tov, Omer or Three Weeks alert may appear under each dated moment: it never blocks you.
Culture

The Shabbat Chatan (aufruf) falls before the wedding in many Ashkenazi families; among Sephardic and Mizrahi families, it comes before or after depending on the family. Henna is a Sephardic and Mizrahi tradition. So Tov never sets the date of these moments: you choose it.

Sides and households

For a wedding, Tov offers to sort households by side: “Bride’s side”, “Groom’s side” and “Friends”. These groups are created the first time you use them and serve to filter your list, without ever assuming who is invited with whom: each household is a person or a family that you name.

Henna and Sheva Brachot

The henna and the Sheva Brachot can be moments of the wedding invitation, with “Another moment” for each Sheva Brachot meal. They can also be separate celebrations, linked in a series under a shared page; Tov then offers a tool to coordinate the seven evenings of Sheva Brachot (who hosts each evening).

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The name, the signature and the titles (Rav, shlita, z"l…) are written in “Your words” and “Signed by”: see the article on your words, the verse and בס״ד.

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