Keren Hachomesh Announces Wedding Package Details

The new wedding website has gone live as Keren Hachomesh and Oholei Torah announce top-tier vendors, elegant hall, and sumptuous catering – and all for $29,500

Keren Hachomesh has announced the details of the new affordable wedding package they are providing in partnership with Oholei Torah. The package is designed to make Crown Heights weddings more affordable without compromising on elegance and class. 

Here are the details Keren Hachomesh released about the package, which will be available for $29,500 ($14,750 a side):

• Hall: The elegant Oholei Torah Hall will be reserved – and all Oholei Torah Hall bookings will take place through Keren Hachomesh. Those who would like to book just the hall, and not the rest of the package, are welcome to do so. Included in the hall rental is professional house uplighting and accompanying facilities.

• Menu: Table One Catering is offering their signature chasuna menu, which can be viewed in its entirety at Hall.KerenHachomesh.org. The package will include waiter service, cutlery and glassware, white china, and linen napkins. Menu highlights include:

• • • Kabolas ponim, men’s side: cake platters, fruit platters, fleishig wraps, beverages.
    • Kabolas ponim, women’s side: fresh fruit glasses, petit fours and other pastries, fleishig wraps, beverages.
    • Head table: Ceremonial large challah, dinner rolls

• All tables: Dinner rolls, pickles and olives, your choice of three pre-set salads.

• Appetizer: Gard
• en mesclun salad with balsamic vinaigrette, mushroom & potato boureka with wild mushroom gravy and side salad, or Moroccan-style tilapia.

• Soup: Split pea, mushroom-barley, or cream of butternut squash.

• Entrée: Orzo basil stuffed chicken, herb-grilled chicken breast, or dark meat chicken steak.

• Sides: Cranberry basmati rice or garlic roasted red-skinned potato mash; garlic green beans or sauteed seasonal vegetables.

• Kid’s Menu: Chicken nuggets, franks in blankets, french fries.

• Simchas Chosson V’Kallah, men’s side: 

• • • • Sesame chicken, potato kugel, chicken lo mein, chicken-vegetable stir-fry.
      • Hot chocolate brownies, warm fudge blondies, fruit cobbler.
      • Vanilla ice cream, fresh fruit platters, beverages.

• Simchas Chosson V’Kallah, women’s side:

• • • • Hot chocolate brownies, warm fudge blondies, fruit cobbler.
      • Fresh fruit glasses, assorted gelato flavors, beverages.
      • Mini fruit tarts, eclairs, parve cheesecakes and vanilla cakes.

• Photography and cinematography: Meir Pliskin Photography or Shalom Burkis Photography. Lead photographer–9 hours; second photographer–6 hours; videographer–9 hours. Edited gallery, full length videos, 5-minute cinematic highlight film and all raw footage. Additional photographer hours and other upgrades are capped at $1,300.

• Florals: Chanie Greenbaum Events or Debby Event Designs. Custom centerpieces for every table (men’s and women’s sides); signature bedeken wall backdrop; custom kallah bouquet.

• Music: Chony Milecki, Yossi Cohen; Fitche Benshimon; Mendy Kraus; or Shimon Brod. Additional singer, additional musicians, sound engineer available as upgrades, and music upgrades are capped at $2,200.

• Coordination: Devorah Benjamin will be available for full-day wedding coordination, managing vendors, timeline and the family’s needs.

• Chuppah: Professional chuppah construction at 770. 

The website is live at KerenHachomesh.org/Hall, and bookings will be available on the site, which also includes additional information and FAQs.

To donate towards this new initiative on the Rebbetzin’s yahrtzeit, in keeping with the Rebbe’s oft-stated directive, visit Charidy.com/KH. 

For dedication opportunities, contact Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky at [email protected]

While the current vendor partnership list is complete, Keren Hachomesh plans to continue expanding and refining the wedding package in the future. 

We are deeply grateful to Bruce Backman for investing countless hours consulting with Keren Hachomesh, playing a key role in shaping a wedding package that is both elegant and meaningful.