Can I make a bar mitzvah for under 25 k from a to z

amother

Taupe

Tue, Feb 07 2023, 6:28 pm

amother Cherry wrote:

You don’t have to do a whole shabbos. I thought about it and realized that it would just be too much for me to host everyone and find sleeping accommodations. Instead I made a beautiful kiddush and spent a little more than I probably would have for the weeknight event. For shabbos we just had grandparents over. The kiddush in shul was very nice. I made sure that the weeknight affair was to my son’s liking with music, a photographer, good food, a small sweet table ..etc. I might have spent a little less if I would have catered shabbos meals.. In lakewood classmates don’t come so I let him invite neighbors, and he had some cousins close in age. We sent in donuts for his class… all in all he was very happy and felt that it was a very chashuv event.

Thanks. I couldn't understand how a modest catered bm with a kiddush adds up to $25k. I saw those numbers on other threads, now I understand.