You received an invitation: opening it and replying
A Tov invitation opens from a WhatsApp link: no app, no account. How to open it, read the program, reply for your household and add it to your calendar.
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Someone you know sent you a link. Tap it: the invitation opens in your browser. There’s nothing to install and no account to create.
Opening it
- The link is personal: it’s made for your household, with your name on the welcome screen when the host has set that up. Keep it to yourself: whoever opens it replies in your household’s name.
- Each invitation has its own way of opening: tapping a seal, lighting a sign, turning a page… Depending on the design, it may also open by itself after a few seconds. If your phone is set to “reduce motion,” it’s already open.
- There’s no cookie banner on an invitation.
Music is on by default and only starts after you interact with the page. A button lets you turn it off; your choice is remembered in your browser, for this invitation only. During a Shabbat moment, it stays silent.
What you’ll read
The names, the celebration, the date (with the Hebrew date on some designs), the venue with a link to the map, and the moments you’re invited to, in chronological order, each with its time (the venue’s local time) and a link to add it to your calendar. The invitation is in the language the host chose for your household, otherwise in the language of the celebration.
Replying
Step 1
Say whether you’re coming
Reply for each moment you’re invited to. The wording varies by design and agrees with the number of people (for example “I'm coming”): Tov doesn’t assume anything on your behalf. A “Maybe” option may also appear, if the host turned it on.
Step 2
Tell them how many you are
“Number of people” is the total for your household, children included, from 1 to 50. The number shown is the one the host planned for: correct it if needed. If there are several of you, you can add the names of the people coming with you.
Step 3
Add a note, if you like
You can leave a message. Depending on the host, the form may also ask about your diet (for example your level of kashrut) and any allergies, for the meal: this is optional.
Step 4
Send
Send your reply. A thank-you screen sums it up, moment by moment.
On the thank-you screen, “Add to my calendar” adds the celebration to your calendar: Google Calendar, or a file to open on Apple devices. “You can change your answer anytime via this same link.”
Does a relative not have a smartphone? Their personal link works on any phone: you can open it on yours and reply with them, for their household. See the guide on changing a reply.
Do you have the invitation’s general address, without a personal link? It shows the moments open to everyone, but Tov can’t tell which household you belong to: ask the family for your personal link instead.
What’s next?
- Guest guide
Changing your reply, or replying for a relative without a smartphone
You said “yes” and things changed? Reopen your personal link and fix it. And how to reply for a relative with no smartphone, as a guest or as the organizer.
- Troubleshooting
“Invitation not found” or “personal”: what to do
The pages you may see when you open an invitation link (not found, personal, ended), what they mean and what to do, whether you are a guest or the organizer.
- Your data
Who sees my invitation? Draft, links, moments, memory page
A draft is private. A published invitation opens with a link, is not indexed by Google and shows each household only its own moments. Plus the memory page.
A mistake, an outdated sentence? Write to us: a real person reads it.
Report a mistake on this pageWhat’s next?
An invitation true to your traditions.
In 4 languages, with Hebrew set the way it should be and replies tracked household by household.