Tips for a Relaxing Shabbos Hi there. I want to give you tips for a relaxing Shabbos. I am going to divide them into 2 categories. People with young kids in the house and people without young kids in the house. I hope you can use these each week and get better and better at [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course for your  Table or Simcha- Table Setup The following is a Short Course with six pages of ideas and pictures for you. Enjoy! In June, I put together an event for 250 women coming to honor 7 Rabbi’s Wives in Baltimore, MD. The year before last, we used 4 rows [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course Part 7- Vases We haven’t really talked about vases. Everyone has vases! Spruce up your typical vase/flower centerpiece by filling up the entire vase with objects and then put your flowers inside. You can also make what’s in your vase larger than life. Pick very large ferns or tall flowers [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course 6- Placecards and Menus Menu cards and placecards are always nice. Incorporate them into your table setting’s theme. If your theme is a relaxed, romantic atmosphere, place a menu card on each place setting with something on top like a maraschino cherry or a paper umbrella. I love what Oprah [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course 5- Drinking Glasses and Cups Sometimes, I’ll set a whole table beautifully and then feel anticlimactic when it is time to put out the drinking glasses. How many times can you put a napkin in a cup? It gets boring after a while. Here are two alternatives: Just a simple [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course 4- Buffet Tables If you are having a buffet and don’t want to just put food out plainly, here are a couple suggestions. Dress up the buffet tables with a swag of either fabric, floral wreaths, or even little lights on the front outskirts of the table. Here is a [...]

Table Setting Ideas Course 3- Easy Centerpieces Cake trays are a wonderful base for any centerpiece. The centerpiece automatically is elevated because of the cake stand. Sometimes I stack 2 or 3 cake trays on top of each other filling up each level with fruit or flowers. You can also stack fruit on just one [...]

Shabbos Table Setting Ideas Course 2 – Using Water Water, water, water! Use water. It reflects light, gives objects depth, so for a simple centerpiece, fill a bowl with objects of your choice: fruit, candles, or rocks. It’s so easy and definitely a pleasing addition to any table. If you don’t want the objects to [...]

A Shabbos to do list is an important visual. Anyone who is stressed about making Shabbos MUST have a Shabbos to do list. You must have a visual about what needs to be done and when. Build your own list from mine and then schedule it into your week. To-Do-List (in no particular order) cook [...]