The lowdown on hosting a family sheva brachos
Mazel tov, it’s a wedding! And in many families, this means it’s time for the uncles and aunts to step up and host a sheva brachos for the new couple. Here, we share tips for hosting these simchahs with grace, beauty, and minimal hassle.
One smart thing to do as a family that has a lot of nieces and nephews at the getting married stage is to assign everyone a job that they’ll be responsible for at every sheva brachos the family makes. This means that the simchahs won’t require as much planning. One person’s job will be to collect all the receipts and divide the costs.
My siblings and I have made sheva brachos a few times. One great investment we made was that we bought a set of dishes from Amazon — plain white porcelain flat plates with small “walls” and those modern soup bowls, which we use for each simchah. Each of us keeps some at home, so we get to use them for Yamim Tovim or other occasions. Buying paper goods each time is a huge hassle and expense, and this way, we can always skip right to step two, the food.
Now about the food: Sometimes we cook, sometimes we cater, sometimes we do a bit of both, but we always hire waiters to plate and serve, so we get to sit and enjoy the simchah.
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