Two pre-ceremony receptions, designed as a pair.
Before the chuppah at a traditional Jewish wedding, the celebration splits in two: the groom's tisch, where he sits with family and friends, offers a short teaching, and signs the ketubah, and the bride's kabbalat panim, where she receives guests from a decorated chair. CHIC Flowers designs both rooms so they feel like one wedding — matching palettes, a styled food table for the tisch, and a kallah chair and backdrop for the kabbalat panim.
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The tisch, Yiddish for table, is a lively gathering with singing, toasts, and food. The groom sits at the head of a long table, the rabbi and witnesses join him to sign the ketubah, and the tenaim (engagement agreement) may be read and a plate broken. The design centers on the table: a floral runner or low arrangements that leave room for food and the ketubah, and a styled setting at the head for the groom.
In a second room, the bride sits in a decorated chair — often on a small platform — and greets guests one by one. Her mother and the groom's mother sit beside her. The kallah chair and its floral backdrop are the focal point, with arrangements on either side and a soft, romantic palette that matches the chuppah.
At the end, the groom is escorted from the tisch to the kabbalat panim with singing and dancing for the bedeken. We design the route between the rooms so the transition photographs well, and install both spaces early so they are ready before the first guests arrive.
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