Kippot and favors

Starqueg · August 2011

Do kippot count as favors, or are we expected to have favors as well?

ElisabethJoanne · August 2011

Favors are never necessary. If you have kippos favors for the men, you should have something for the women, too.

jessicabessica · August 2011

I would not count them as favors, but like PP said, favors are not necessary. One of my non-Jewish friends did ask if the kippah was a favor, though (I think he asked me during cocktail hour if he had to give it back, and I said he could keep it). We had jars of blueberry jam as our favors/escort cards.

LBRM_NJ · August 2011

I have never been to a jewish wedding in the metro NYC area that had favors, so, no, they are not expected and, yes, while they all had kippot, I don't consider those to be favors.

MrsMLRB · August 2011

Like PPs said, they aren't favors but favors aren't really a Jewish thing (or at least, I never got a favor at a Jewish wedding).

jessicabessica · August 2011

The Jewish weddings I've been to have had favors--all edible.

tenofcups4me · August 2011

I've never been to a Jewish wedding with favors either. Personally I think they're silly -- something you give children at a kid's party so they don't left out that they didn't get a gift. Not something an adult needs after a wedding.

ElisabethJoanne · August 2011

tencups, I totally agree about favors.

2dBride · August 2011

I didn't particularly consider our kippot to be favors. However, several of our guests (some of them neither Jewish nor male) asked if they could keep them, and we said sure.

colourz · August 2011

I have never seen favors at a Jewish wedding in Toronto. I have seen donations given on the thank you cards.

JoBell123 · August 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_jewish-weddings_kippot-favors?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:399Discussion:fdc62f8e-33a0-4c08-99f7-29c243d03716Post:ed91c725-66c2-4b9a-9ce8-0de725ac0fee">Re: Kippot and favors</a>:
[QUOTE]I have never been to a jewish wedding in the metro NYC area that had favors, so, no, they are not expected and, yes, while they all had kippot, I don't consider those to be favors.
Posted by LBRM_NJ[/QUOTE]

Then we must have never gone to the same weddings. All weddings I've been to (whether they're Jewish or not) have given some sort of favor.

Bonzo2011 · August 2011

I don't recall favors at my cousins' weddings, but I know my parents seem to think that older relatives especially will "expect" something to take home.

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