join you
share with you
honor you
worship with you
or some combination of the above.
Then decide if you want to refer to yourself formally and in the third person (as in David and Olivia Klein or Mr. and Mrs. David Klein) or more informally, where you just refer to "we" and "us" and name yourselves at the close of the text.
The following are all taken from actual invitations sent in the last two years.
Recently used variations on “JOIN US”
With pride and joy
We invite you to join us as….
With pride, gratitude and joy
We invite you to join us as…
With love and happiness
We invite you to join us as…
With pleasure we invite you to join us as….
With great pleasure we invite you to join us as….
It is with great pleasure
That we invite you to join us
As…
Please join us to celebrate
As…
Please join us in celebration as…
We invite you to join us
In ceremony and celebration
As…
It would be our pleasure
To have you join us
When …
Please join us for
The Bar Mitzvah of…
Please join us as we celebrate
The Bar Mitzvah of …
Mr. and Mrs. David Klein
Cordially invite you to join them
At Sabbath Services when…
Please join our family as we celebrate
The Bar Mitzvah of …
Recently used variations on “SHARE"
We invite you to share in our happiness
When …
It is with much love that
We invite you to share our happiness
When …
We invite you to share our joy
When…
We invite you to share a special day in our lives
As we proudly celebrate
The Bat Mitzvah of….
Please share our happiness
When ….
Recently used variations on "HONOR"
David and Olivia Klein
Request the honor/honour of your presence
When…
David and Olivia Klein
Request the honor/honour of your presence
At the Bat Mitzvah of ….
Mr. and Mrs. David Klein
Would be honored
To have you share in a special celebration
When their…
Recently used variations on "WORSHIP"
We invite our family and friends
To worship with us
At this very special time in our lives
When…
NAME
Our son
Jonathan David
Our daughter
Alexis Brooke
Our beloved son
Jonathan David
Our beloved daughter
Alexis Brooke
Our son
Jonathan David
His name spelled out in Hebrew
Our daughter
Alexis Brooke
Her name spelled out in Hebrew
WHAT
Is called to the Torah
As a Bar Mitzvah
Becomes a Bar Mitzvah
...As we celebrate
The B'Not Mitzvah of our daughters
Celebrates becoming Bar Mitzvah
Chants a portion of the Torah on the
Occasion of becoming Bar Mitzvah
Chants a portion of the Torah on the
Occasion of his Bar Mitzvah
It's worth noting that, technically, no one becomes a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. The proper use of the words Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah is as an adjective rather than a noun. So one "becomes Bar Mitzvah" rather than "becomes a Bar Mitzvah."
TIME
Saturday, the fourth of March
Two thousand and nine
at ten o'clock in the morning
Saturday, the fifth of November
Two thousand and nine
at quarter after ten in the morning
Saturday, the fourteenth of January
Two thousand and nine
At ten-thirty in the morning
Saturday, November 5, 2008
10:00 a.m.
PLACE
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Seven West 83rd Street
New York
Temple Shaaray Tefila
Second Avenue and Seventh-ninth Street
New York City
Click here to see where, how and why to incorporate Hebrew into your invitation text.
Click here to see where and how to word references to kiddush luncheons, evening parties, tweens-only parties, transportation plans and mitzvahs projects.
