Bar Mitzvah invitation

su7kids

Thu, Oct 02 2008, 5:52 pm

I'm not sure what the challenge is:

Mr and Mrs John Smith
invite you to celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of their Dear Son
Yossi
on Shabbat Mevorchim, 23 Kislev 5769
30th December 2008
at
Congregation Jewish Shul
123 Rechov Daven
Anywhere, USA

Kiddush Following Services

or

Please join us as our son
Yossi
celebrates his bar mitzvah on
xyz
at
xyz

Daddy and Mommy Smith

any other variations?

BeershevaBubby

Thu, Oct 02 2008, 11:33 pm

It also depends on whether you're just making something on Shabbat or having an additional weekday reception.

Yaakov Meir
invites you to join him in his
Aliyah l'Torah
on Shabbat, Parshat XYZ
Hebrew Date, Secular Date
at Shul name
Shacharit at 8:00 a.m.
Kiddush following Tefilah

or

With praise and gratitude to Hashem Yisborach,
Mr and Mrs Gold/ Chaim and Rachel Gold
invite you as their son
Yaakov Meir
has his Aliyah l'Torah
on Shabbat, Parshat XYZ
Hebrew Date, Secular Date
at Shul name
Shacharit at 8:00 a.m.
Kiddush following Tefilah

If there's a hot lunch after for an invited few, they get a separate card with details. Or if there's a reception during the week for an invited few, there's a separate card.

Tamiri

Fri, Oct 03 2008, 1:01 am

It's a little different with (some) Chareidim and people who go for long Heebie-Jeebie wording. Also, the name of the mother sometimes isn't mentioned. It would be signed "Yossi Cohen veRaayato".
Also, check if you want to mention the grandparents after the parents' names. Some (ahem) grandparents like to be mentioned.

For our sons, we like to choose an appropriate pasuk which has to deal either with the son's name, or with the parsha, or with something appropriate to that child.
I wish I could scan our last son's invitation. It cost practially nothing to make and was beautiful. We put his name and הגיע למצוות on the front of the invite, with the pasuk
כי ישרים ישכנו ארץ ותמימים, יותרו בה.
I went through a lot of the ktuvim to get that appropriate pasuk.
On the inside, we had both Hebrew and English. Israelis only have Hebrew.
In English:
Please join us in celebrating the Bar Mitzva of our dear son
NERYA MEIR
On Shabbat Kodesh Parashat Yitro
Hebrew date
English date
Location
Zman of tfillat Shacharit
Seudat mitzva following shacharit

Our names
grandparents from both sides

Please RSVP (in Israel you don't need RSVP cards, phone and email are enough/more than enough)

in Hebrew

למען תלך בדרך טובים וארחות צדיקים תשמר

בלב מלא שמחה הודיה לה'
מתכבדים אני להזמינכם
להשתתף בשמחת בר המצוה
של בננו היקר
נריה מאיר נ"י
שתתקיים אי"ה
בשבת קודש פרשת יתרו
שבט התשס"ז
English date
Hebrew location

תפילת שחרית בשעה שמונה ורבע
דעודת מצווה לארח התפילה

names and grandparents

We laid out the whole invite on the computer, and I had a girl do the art. The invite was printed on a letter-size page, folded into thirds. Each invite had the art work (hillside scene of Israel) colored in by hand. Colored pencils. It came out like a Tzfat water-color.

I suggest not to make the mistake I made in the U.S. with my 2 first: spending a lot of money on invites. They just get tossed.