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amother
Chocolate


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 7:35 am
Hi,

A friend of mine said her chasuna was costing 40k! Very expensive makes me curious how much your chassuna cost.
Please tell also what you are (yeshivish/chassidish/MO) cause I think that is also very depending on the cost and were (I think Amsterdam would be more expensive then Boro Park for instance)
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aricelli




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 7:54 am
Oooh- lots of money. What are you including?
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southernbubby




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:02 am
Sometimes these figures take into account gifts such as jewelry, furniture, and household items. 40k is possibly the combined cost for both sides which isn't shocking but there are communities where 50k per side is the norm. I admire Chassidishe communities that adhere to takanas but even then, not everyone has that kind of money.
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:02 am
Hall + photographer & video + band + flowers + bentshers = 81,000 shekel (approx $22,000)

Dress, suit, ring, rental car, etc were separate

Dati Leumi, 3 years ago, Jerusalem
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amother
Seashell


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:05 am
70k

Moderately nice wedding in the NY area down 200 people
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amother
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Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:09 am
Around $11,000. Included hall, catering, flowers, pictures, benchers, etc.

Yeshivish, Bais Fayga hall.
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gande




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:20 am
All wedding expenses including setting up apartment about 35k each side. Silblings after me 45k.
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watergirl




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:23 am
First wedding in 2001 was approx. $15- 20k, included just the wedding stuff (no sheitels, no housewhere, no jewelry) just a basic MO wedding. Second wedding (over 10 years ago) was $3,000 and DH and I are Breslov but friends and family are all types from not frum - chassidish and beyond.

Eta - locations were not in NY/NJ, but in the States.
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amother
Brunette


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:27 am
70k from L'chaim till after sheva bruchos. Chassidish bp. Banging head
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little neshamala




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:40 am
amother wrote:
70k from L'chaim till after sheva bruchos. Chassidish bp. Banging head


Oh my gosh, I cant even begin to imagine the pressure you mustve felt...
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amother
Chocolate


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:40 am
Wow it really depents on a lot of details! Like for me furniture and so on, I had my own appartment and DH too so we did not need to puy all the pots and pans and so on.

But woah
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 8:54 am
OK... I'm so happy I'm not american
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Israeli_C




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 10:01 am
Ruchel wrote:
OK... I'm so happy I'm not american


Lol I say this a lot when I'm reading posts on imamother...
Especially when I read the tuition related posts. Craziness.
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amother
Wine


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 10:14 am
Less than 10K.

MO
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Fox




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 10:38 am
Made two chassunahs in Chicago last year, B"H. Each had about 300 people and the total cost was approximately $28K including everything. We split the cost based on the FLOPS formula, where the chosson's side pays for florist, liquor, orchestra, photography, and shaitel. I'm guessing we spent $15K-$18K on each, when all the little expenses were added up. We're yeshivish.
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amother
Ginger


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 11:34 am
fox- I'm impressed that the wedding for both girls when you are dealing with different families! I have a while to go but I really hope my girls marry in to low key families or the other side will foot the difference....
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amother
Emerald


 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 11:36 am
Modern Orthodox, about 60k for 300 people
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Rappel




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 11:40 am
The range in these numbers is fascinating.

After the fact: was it worth it?
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Rappel




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 11:46 am
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Fox




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Feb 19 2019, 11:46 am
amother wrote:
fox- I'm impressed that the wedding for both girls when you are dealing with different families! I have a while to go but I really hope my girls marry in to low key families or the other side will foot the difference....

Lol, since they're twins, we had to try to make everything as fair as possible.

B"H, Druscilla's chassanah was first, and she married a young man whose family is also from the Midwest and had no more desire than we did to throw an over-the-top shindig. However, because there wasn't much travel involved, they had a lot more people from their side attending.

Prunella's chosson was from the Tri-State area, and while his parents are a bit fancier than we are, he was their eighth and last child to marry. I think they were well and truly worn out! His mother, who is very, very into flowers, spent a bit extra to upgrade the package.

Prunella's MIL is also very into jewelry, and Prunella lists to the left and may be blinding onlookers in Yerushalayim as we speak. But I didn't include that in the cheshbon. I figure it's their problem if they spoil Prunella.
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