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Sheva brachos week in Jerusalem, paced for the couple.

Seven seudos across seven days, but built so the chassan and kallah aren't running on fumes by day four. The middle day is deliberately quiet; the Shabbos seudah is deliberately the emotional center.

One week. Two banquet-scale seudos. One quiet rest day. One full Shabbos. The rest is the couple and the city.

  1. Day 1

    Arrival — couple lands with the immediate family

    Couple + parents + siblings arrive first. Light day of arrival, early dinner at the hotel, early bedtime. The goal is to get the chassan and kallah rested before the guest waves land in the following days. Pre-arrival brief has already confirmed hotel room assignments for each family member and the seudah-space reservation.

  2. Day 2

    Monday — first seudah (small, immediate family)

    Intimate family-only seudah the first night. No public logistics; just the two families now formally tied together, without the pressure of extended guest management. This is the meal the couple remembers. We coordinate with the hotel banquet team on menu under your hechsher and any simcha-specific requests (flowers, seating, music).

  3. Day 3

    Tuesday — Kotel + optional family day trip

    Morning at the Kotel together. Optional afternoon: Kever Rachel (Beit Lechem) or Tzfat. This is the chol day that balances the simcha cadence — breathing room before the second-wave seudah. Chassan and kallah often have their first shared quiet-walk-in-Jerusalem moments on this day.

  4. Day 4

    Wednesday — second seudah (extended family + close friends)

    The larger seudah — 40-100 guests typically. Banquet-space booking at Prima Palace is where most of our couples land for this scale. Evening program: divrei torah from the fathers, grandfathers, a rav; music kept at the halachic level the couple follows; seating-chart choreography pre-built.

  5. Day 5

    Thursday — rest day

    Deliberately quiet. Most multi-day sheva brachos couples burn out without a middle rest day. Recommendation: hotel breakfast, late morning at Machane Yehuda or Mamilla (depending on preference), afternoon rest, early dinner at the hotel. No simcha programming. The silence is the point.

  6. Day 6

    Friday + Shabbos — Shabbos sheva brachos

    Erev Shabbos: pre-Shabbos mikveh, hotel Shabbos elevator check, flowers to the kallah's room. Shabbos morning: kriah at the shul you choose (hotel-adjacent or a specific minyan for the family); Shabbos seudah at the hotel with sheva brachos recited; Shalosh Seudos with divrei torah. The Shabbos seudah is often the emotional high point of the week.

  7. Day 7

    Motzei Shabbos — seventh seudah + departure prep

    Motzei Shabbos: final sheva brachos seudah at the hotel or at a family home if local. Sunday: departure choreography — bags held until flights, taxi/sherut coordination, final couple-send-off. Some couples stay an additional 3-5 days for a post-wedding Eretz-Yisrael trip; we extend the booking accordingly.

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Tell us the wedding date, the estimated guest count for each seudah, and your hechsher standard. We come back within one business day with the hotel, the seudah format, and a starter itinerary shaped for your specific family.

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