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Tenaim invitation wording נוסח הזמנה לתנאים

The tenaim invitation is short and to the point: one father invites, names the chosson and the other side’s father, and gives the date, the hall and the time. The wording below works for either side.

The wording, line by line

  1. ברוב שבח והודיה להשם יתברךהנני בזה להזמין את כל מכירי שיחיולבוא ולקחת חבלבשמחת אירוסי (בני / בתי) למז״ט

    1The invitation, from one father in the first person (הנני, מכירי). Keep בני or בתי, whichever is yours.

  2. כמר / עב״ג החתן מאיר דוב נ״יעב״ג בת/בן מחותניהרה״ח מו״ה שמואל זלמן פריינד הי״ו

    2The chosson by name, and the father of the other side, the מחותן. The slashes let one card serve either side: keep the words that fit yours and delete the rest.

  3. שמחתתנאים

    3The headline.

  4. תתקיים אי״ה בשעטו״מביום ג׳ פרשת וישבכ״א כסלו תשפ״ז לפ״קDecember 1, 2026

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

  5. באולם אור הגנוז1120 38th Street, Brooklyn NYבשעה 7:45 בערב

    5The hall, the address and the time.

  6. המצפה לקבל פניכםשלמה זליג מילרב״ר אליעזר יהודה הי״וחתן ר׳ ברוך שמואל רוזנפלד הי״ו

    6The father who invites, then his own father (ב״ר, son of) and his father-in-law (חתן ר׳, son-in-law of), so everyone knows which family it is.

One card for either side

The same design works for either side: you change בני / בתי and כמר / עב״ג to fit your side, and put the other father’s name as the מחותן.

Names on the card

The chosson is named; the kallah is not. The fathers are named with their titles, and the inviting father adds his own father and father-in-law under his name.

The date

Tenaim often come together quickly. In the editor the Hebrew date and the parsha fill in from the day you pick, and you can send the card on WhatsApp the moment you pay.

The short forms on this card

On the cardWritten outWhat it means
להשי״תלהשם יתברךto Hashem, blessed be He
מז״טמזל טובmazel tov
עב״געם בת גילו / עם בן גילהtogether with the kallah / together with the chosson
נ״ינרו יאירmay his light shine; after a chosson’s or young man’s name
הרה״חהרב החסידa title of respect before a man’s name
מו״המורנו הרבa title of respect before a man’s name
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)
בשעטו״מבשעה טובה ומוצלחתin a good and successful hour

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