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Mastering Mitzvahs Ep. 172 | Mitzvah Trends That Need to Make a Comeback

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Mastering Mitzvahs Ep. 171 | The Moments That Actually Matter at a Bar or Bat Mitzvah

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Mastering Mitzvahs Ep. 170 | The Hottest Mitzvah Food Trends for 2026

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Mastering Mitzvahs Ep. 169 | Off-Site Mitzvah Services: What You NEED to Know (Avoid These Mistakes)

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Mastering Mitzvahs Ep. 168 | Reducing the Stress of Event Planning with Andrea Hecht

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Episode 167: Live Music at Bar & Bat Mitzvahs

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Episode 166: Bar & Bat Mitzvah Showcase Do's and Don'ts

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Episode 165: New Year, BIG announcement

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Episode 164: Most Mitzvah Stress Comes From This… Start Planning Earlier

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Episode 163: Avoid Noise Complaints! Venue Volume Tips & Sensory-Friendly Seating

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Episode 162: DIY or Hire a Pro? Event Planning Truths ft. Brynne Magaziner

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Episode 161: Orthodox Mitzvahs with Sarah Friedson

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Episode 160: 10 Questions to ask your child to understand their mitzvah vision

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Episode 159: Dan Caplin from Arrangements Unlimited

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Episode 158: Understanding the considerations if you are at the start or end of the mitzvah cycle

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Episode 156 - A Barn Mitzvah with Horses, Cowboys and a Donkey

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Episode 155: The most misunderstood enhancements

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Episode 154: Evaluating Core Values when planning your Mitzvah

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Episode 153: 2025 NYC Mitzvah Trends with Hector from Total Entertainment

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Episode 152: Can AI plan a mitzvah?

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Episode 151: A rebuttal to the Inquirer's Story about Mitzvah Spending

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Episode 150: The Directors Cut a Deep Dive into the 2025 Super Bowl Showcase

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Episode 149: Super Bowl Showcase 2025

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Episode 148: Two kids, Two very different parties

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Episode 147: 2024 year end review. Our favorite mitzvahs!

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Episode 146: Unique Venues

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Episode 145: Dessert

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Episode 144: Two parties, same friends, same day and time

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Episode 143: National Sporting Event on During Your Mitzvah

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Episode 142: Mitzvah Music

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Episode 141: Being the Best Mitzvah Parent!

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Episode 140: Photography Tips and Trends with Veronica from VeroLuce Photography

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Episode 139: The value and power of planning forms

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Episode 138: Does guest count matter?

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Episode 137: A unique mitzvah lead by karma

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Episode 136: A conversation about mitzvah games (and a celebrity party too)

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Episode 135: Meet MC Semaj Hazzard

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Episode 134: Timelines... love 'em or hate 'em?

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Episode 133: Booking inclusive services vs hiring multiple vendors

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Episode 132: The Super Bowl Showcase Recap

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Episode 131: Leveling up your mitzvah. When Average just isn't good enough!

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Episode 130: The importance of Mitzvah Showcases with guest Jazmine from H.Y.P.E. Productions

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Episode 129: 24 Tips for Mitzvahs in 2024 (part two)

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Episode 128: 24 Tips for 2024 (part one)

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Episode 127: Great dance parties don't happen by accident

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Episode 126: Forms.... help us, help you.

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Episode 125: Mitzvahs Trick or Treat

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Episode 124: Boston Vs. Jersey... who does mitzvahs better?

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Episode 122: Ten Minute Enhancements: Social Zaps

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Episode 123: Understanding Bar and Bat Mitzvah Entertainment Pricing

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Episode 121: Balancing the "Jewish-ness" of your celebration

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Episode 120: Should your child be part of the planning / booking process.

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Episode 119: Are formalities dead?

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Episode 118: Prioritizing Mitzvah Planning

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Episode 117: Do you pick the entree before the restaurant? An analogy to the booking process.

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Episode 116: Getting the most out of showcase attendance

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Episode 115: What make a party a 10?

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Episode 114: Does size matter? (Guest count, room size, crew size, number of enhancements, etc)

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Episode 113: What we are Thankful for!

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Episode 112: An interview with a recent mitzvah family and a perfectly executed Disney Theme

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Episode 111: Distractions at events.

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Episode 110: Mike had a hard weekend

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Episode 109: The mitzvah booking process and timeline

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Episode 108: Party Give Aways

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Episode 107: Tips to Enjoy the Bar or Bat Mitzvah you are planning!

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Episode 106: Expected trends for the Fall 2022 mitzvah season.

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Episode 105 - our last 6 weeks in review

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Episode 104: Things to think of when interviewing a DJ or other vendor

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Episode 103 - Working with inexperienced vendors or venues

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Episode 102: Mitzvah Style... what to wear?

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Episode 101: Guest Heidi Hiller discussing the role of a planner vs decorator and a discussion about event themes

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Episode 100: Celebrating #100 with a round robin of topics each discussed for 100 seconds

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Episode 99... changing with the times. Trends old and new!

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Volume Concerns (part 2, as covered by national news) and the Super Bowl Showcase revisited

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Episode 97: Volume & Music Concerns... who's the party for?

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Episode 96: Danielle from Bridgewater Manor and an inside preview of the Super Bowl Showcase

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Episode 95: The non-stop dance party. Is this really a possibility? Or just a wishful image?

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Episode 94: 2021... a year in review. Top mitzvah moments.

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Episode 93: Last minute event planning

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Episode 92: A mitzvah in a Elite sports complex... an interview with Jody Greenblatt, a recent customer.

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Episode 91: An interview with Andrea Hecht and a deep dive into her Top Golf Mitzvah Experience

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Episode 90: Where have we been?

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Episode 89: A weekend review and a look inside Dylan's "Oh S-it Bag"

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Episode 88: A parties are back, it's a new season and what was Xplosive doing in California?

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Episode 87: Leveling up the Bar/Bat Mitzvah

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Episode 86: A weekend recap, post covid events, tents, and some really big tips!

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Episode 85: Getting to know Mastering Mitzvah's host, Michael Langsner

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Episode 84: Meet Dylan Weisman

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Episode 83: Getting to know Jordan Marshall

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Episode 82: A look into outdoor events with tips and suggestions

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Episode 81: A discussion with guest, Jazmine Hype, looking back at the year year anniversary of the pandemic's shut down

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Episode 80: Flashback and top memories of our Super Bowl Showcases

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Episode 79: 4 top reasons NOT to cancel your party

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Episode 78: Anxiety about the mitzvah... tips and suggestions on limiting the nerves

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Episode 77: The Art of a Virtual Mitzvah

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Episode 76: the value of a great team

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Episode 75: A party during COVID times with the Paradise family and Event Planner, Lisa Ivler

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Episode 74: An interview with a family who adapted and celebrated during COVID times

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Episode 73: Recapping the weekend's reimagined events

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Episode 72: We are back!