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Bar mitzvah invitation wording נוסח הזמנה לבר מצוה

A heimish bar mitzvah invitation names the bochur, the day and the hall for the seudah, and is signed by his father. Here is the wording line by line, the way it sits on our bar mitzvah designs.

The wording, line by line

  1. בס״דברוב שבח והודאה להשי״תהננו בזה להזמין את כל ידידינו ומכרינולבוא ולקחת חלק בשמחתנו אצל

    1The invitation.

  2. בר מצוה

    2The headline.

  3. של בננו החביביעקב משה שיחי׳ למזל טוב

    3The bar mitzvah bochur by name, with שיחי׳ after it.

  4. שתתקיים אי״הביום ה׳ פרשת ויגשז׳ טבת תשפ״ז לפ״קDecember 17, 2026

    4The day of the week and the parsha, the Hebrew date and the English date.

  5. באולם היכל שמחה1420 52nd Street, Brooklyn NYבשעה 8:00 בערב

    5The hall, its address and the time of the seudah.

  6. המצפה לקבל פניכםאליעזר מנחם פיינשטייןב״ר אברהם יעקב הי״וחתן ר׳ מאיר הלברשטאם הי״ו

    6The father signs, with his father and father-in-law under his name.

The date

Pick the day in the editor and the day of the week, the parsha, the Hebrew date and the English date fill in by themselves.

In Yiddish

Some families write the card in Yiddish instead; every line in the editor can be changed, and the fonts are real heimish fonts.

The short forms on this card

On the cardWritten outWhat it means
בס״דבסייעתא דשמיאwith the help of Heaven; small, at the very top
להשי״תלהשם יתברךto Hashem, blessed be He
שיחי׳שיחיהmay he live; after a boy’s name
אי״האם ירצה השםif Hashem wills
לפ״קלפרט קטןafter the year: the year counted without the thousands
הי״והשם ישמרהו ויחייהוmay Hashem guard him and give him life; after a man’s name
ב״רבן ר׳son of
חתן ר׳here: son-in-law of (not the chosson)

Bar Mitzvah · 7 designs

Bar Mitzvah designs

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Bar Mitzvah invitation: Gold Scroll Frame with a Fleur Crest on Cream Marble
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Bar Mitzvah invitation: Clear Acrylic Card on Navy Velvet
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