A milestone to remember
Capture every mazel tov
No app to install: family and friends share their blessings on video, their photos and kind words with a simple link or a QR code. You keep it all: the videos, the photo album, the written messages and two edited films.
$49 one time · link and QR code sent instantly
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What is a bar or bat mitzvah video guest book?
A bar or bat mitzvah video guest book replaces the signing board with a link and a QR code. Family and friends, in the hall or abroad, record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, send photos and write a note, with no app and no account, before, during and after the celebration. At the party, photos can play as a live slideshow. The family keeps the videos, the photo album, the written messages and two films: the first arrives within 24 hours after the collection closes, then a personalized film. It costs $49 for the event, with no limit on guests.
How it works
Get your link and QR code
By email, right after you order. Send the link by WhatsApp, text or email so relatives abroad can record a blessing from home, and print the QR code for the tables and the sign-in board.
Your guests take part
A blessing on video, photos, a written note, from their phone, after the service or between the candle lighting and the dancing.
You receive everything
The videos, the photo album, the written messages and two films: the first film within 24 hours after the collection closes, then your personalized film.
What you keep from the simcha
Three or four generations, gathered in one place.
The video messages
Blessings from grandparents and great-uncles, and loud group clips from the teenagers.
The photo album
A grandparent’s photo of their own bar mitzvah next to tonight’s dance floor. Photos play on a screen at the party, after your approval if you prefer, and you can choose to open the album to your guests.
The written messages
A few words of pride from those who would rather write, gathered in a PDF message book.
Two edited films
A first film of the blessings within 24 hours after the collection closes, then your personalized film. Share them by link with the relatives who could not fly in; photos and videos download as ZIP files and stay for 3 months after your first film.
Picture it
After the service
Once the nerves have gone, relatives say what they could not have said beforehand.
At the party
A code on the tables gives guests something to do between the candle lighting and the dancing.
From relatives abroad
Cousins in another country, an elderly relative who cannot fly: the same link reaches them all.
A keepsake forever
At twenty-five, they will hear grandparents talk about who they were on that day.
Collecting blessings around a simcha
Two moments, two very different films
The service brings emotional messages from adults who have just watched a child do something difficult. The party brings shorter, louder clips, recorded in groups.
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The same code works at both, and the mix makes the film feel like the whole day. Decide early only because it settles whether the code goes on the invitation or just on the tables.
The guest list is the whole point
Few celebrations gather a family this scattered: a branch abroad, a great-aunt who no longer travels, cousins unseen since the last simcha.
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Send the link with the invitation. Their message sits between two guests who were in the room, and in twenty years nobody will know the difference.
What to ask people to say
Without a prompt, most guests say mazel tov and stop. Ask for something only that person can give.
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“What were you doing at thirteen?” “What do you want him to know at twenty-five?” The messages that matter later are addressed to the adult rather than the child.
Getting a room of teenagers to take part
The adults record if asked once. The friends record if it is easy, visible and not supervised.
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Put a code on the tables where the young guests sit and have the DJ or MC mention it once. Their group clips are usually the ones the family rewatches most.
What you end up with
The photographer captures how the day looked. Nothing else captures how people sounded, which is what fades first.
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Download everything within the 3 months your files are kept: this is one of the few files a family keeps for decades.
When to set up & how to share
When to activate your space
Set up your space about 2 weeks before: add your child’s name, choose joyful or proud music, and print your QR code.
Send the link, print the QR code
- ✓Place the QR code on every table and the sign-in board.
- ✓Add it to the invitation and any printed program.
- ✓Send the QR code and link to relatives through WhatsApp, a private family group, or SMS so those abroad can send a blessing, a video or family photos from home.
- ✓Ask the DJ or MC to invite guests to record during the party.
The link goes to your guest list by WhatsApp, text or email, before, during and after the event; the QR code goes on your signage.
Everything included
Made for your event
Simple pricing
Digital QR code
One event, delivered instantly, everything included
$49
or 3 for $99, for 3 separate events
- ✓ Videos, photos and written notes
- ✓ Live photo slideshow
- ✓ Two films, the album and the message book
- ✓ No app and no limit on guests
Planning multiple events or buying for clients? See pro pricing →
Questions
Can family abroad contribute?
Yes. Share the link and relatives anywhere can record a blessing from their phone. Their message sits in the finished film alongside guests who attended.
Some of our guests are older. Will they manage it?
Most do, because there is nothing to install and nothing to sign into: the camera opens as soon as they scan. Where it helps is to have someone younger nearby for the first couple of people, after which the rest of the table follows.
When is the best moment to have guests record?
After the service rather than before. The nerves are gone, the moment has happened, and people say things they could not have said an hour earlier.
What should we ask guests to say?
Give one question rather than leaving it open. “What do you want him to know at twenty-five?” or “what were you doing at thirteen?” gets a real answer, where an open invitation gets forty people saying mazel tov.
How do we get our child’s friends to record?
Put a code on the tables where the young guests are sitting, not only at the entrance, and ask the DJ or MC to mention it once. They tend to record in groups, and those clips are often the family’s favourites.
What music can we choose?
Joyful and uplifting, or proud and cinematic. You pick the mood when you set up your space, and you can change it before the collection closes. For your personalized film you also choose the color look, the transitions and your own opening and closing text.
Do guests need to install anything?
No. They scan the code, the recording page opens in their browser, and they record. No app, no account, no sign-up.
How long can each message be?
Each guest can record up to 3 videos of up to one minute, which is enough for a blessing and a short story. They can also send photos and write a note.
What do we receive?
A first film made from the video messages, delivered within 24 hours after the collection closes, plus every individual video to download and keep. Then a personalized film with the photos and notes, every photo and video as ZIP files, and the notes as a PDF message book.
Can photos play on a screen at the party?
Yes. Open your slideshow link on a screen or projector with a web browser and an internet connection, and guests’ photos appear as they send them, automatically or after you approve each one. If your family does not use phones during the service, keep the code and the slideshow for the party.
Can relatives send old family photos?
Yes. Guests send whatever is on their phone, recent or scanned, several at a time. A grandparent’s photo of their own bar mitzvah, or of the family decades ago, sits in the album next to the pictures from the day and can go into your personalized film.
Does this work outside the United States?
Yes, anywhere in the world. Nothing ships to you: your QR code and guest link arrive by email the moment you pay, and your guests take part in their phone’s browser. It works the same in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, across Europe and anywhere else. This page shows US dollars; we also have pricing pages in pounds, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Swiss francs and euros, and you pay in the currency of the page you buy from.
What language is it in?
Each event runs in the language you choose: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German or Portuguese. The guest page, your dashboard and the wording in your films follow that language. Your guests can speak or write in whatever language they like; nothing is transcribed or translated, so each message stays exactly as they recorded it.
Can we collect for longer?
Yes. Guests take part before, during and after your event, from the moment you share the link. You set the closing date, a few days after the event if you like, and can move it from your dashboard.