OneTable is for everyone!

• Our signature Shabbat dinner gathering platform is built for young adults 21-39ish (and not in an undergrad program) to create and attend meaningful Friday night Shabbat dinners. 
  • Everyone participating in the dinner must be 21+.
  • We know there are a lot of young adults with children who want to celebrate Shabbat together. If that is you, welcome! For safety and security reasons, we can only Nourish guests who are 21+. Kids should not RSVP and are not eligible for Nourishment when we calculate it.
  • Dinners for parents are eligible to be on our platform as long as they are focused on the parents. Ex: parents gathering for Shabbat dinner in a park while their kids play versus tot Shabbats. 
  • If you have any questions or want to talk more, contact your Field Team member!
  • OneTable values inclusivity: We want you to spend Friday night with the people who YOU want to spend your Friday night with – guests of any and all religions and cultures are welcome.
• We also offer OneTable Together for those 50ish+ to experience the same connection, community-building and joy around the Shabbat table. 
• For organizations looking to exponentially increase their impact, Powered By OneTable is here to help.

• Yes, only Friday night Shabbat dinners (no other Shabbat meals). And as an added bonus, we also support Passover Seders!
  • You can host on any Friday. 
  • To help you get started, we offer Shabbat coaching, resources, support, a Jewish learning newsletter, and so much more!
• For young adults requesting Nourishment credits, we ask that you ensure your dinner is enacting our mission by deepening + exploring your Shabbat practice. Every dinner is reviewed by our Field Team to make sure it reflects our core values of joy (oneg), welcoming (hachnasat orchim), and elevation (kedushah).
  • Note: For super active hosts, we encourage you to make your dinners “Host Approval” instead of “Private” so you can bring more guests into the OneTable community. If you are interested in opening up your table but want some support, reach out to your Field Team member or the OneTable Together team. We would love to support you in growing your community!

• We encourage hosts to give their guests all the information they might need about accessibility at their tables before the meal.
• If you have specific needs or wants that would make it possible for you to host or guest – please get in touch with your Field Team member or the OneTable Together team. Don’t be shy — every single person has something they need to make them feel welcome, supported, and capable of engaging in Shabbat dinner!

• Organizations that have a formal partnership with OneTable may use their name in the dinner title and their logo in the event cover photo. For organizations that do not yet have a partnership, you may include the organization name in the dinner description. Organizations without formal partnerships will be asked to change dinner titles and cover photos in accordance with this policy.
• We play an active role in the Jewish ecosystem by engaging key partners to activate their communities around Shabbat dinner and introducing them to OneTable participants. Throughout the year, we connect with more than 100 national organizations and more than 250 local partners.
• There are many ways to partner with OneTable. Take a look at our partnership models to learn more and fill out the partnership inquiry form to connect with our team.

Isn’t it great that Shabbat is portable?! Young adults can Shabbat with OneTable anywhere in the United States + Toronto. Meet and reach out to your new Field Team member here. Or, if you’re 50ish+, reach out to us at together@onetable.org and a OneTable Together team member will be in touch.

• Read our Code of Conduct for hosts + guests.
• At OneTable, we foster a climate of purposeful inclusion. We strive to have an environment where all can feel safe, valued, and have an opportunity to form meaningful connections. We cherish the diversity of humanity, which includes all styles of Jewish practice as equally valid and honored, and all are welcome regardless of ability, religion, ethnicity, race, social or economic status, or sexual or gender identity. While Shabbat offers quiet meditative moments, Shabbat dinner is an essential social gathering. We cherish the differences among the Jewish people, and OneTable provides support that allows for the practice of ritual according to varying interpretations and understandings. Every Jewish person and Shabbat dinner attendee is unique; we all celebrate Shabbat differently. Learn about our Core Values.

• We require that all community members use their accurate name (can be a chosen name, just needs to be what you go by in your day-to-day life), email, and address when prompted to provide it on the platform.
• We use this data to:
  • Provide high-touch support, improve the quality and value of our platform, and administer your inquiries;
  • Ensure our limited funding is supporting real people hosting actual Shabbat dinners;
  • Contact you with OneTable news, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you; 
    • If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “update your preferences” link at the bottom of the email. 
  • Contact you with information related to the dinners you are hosting or for which you are RSVPing (you may not opt out of these notifications); 
  • And for pedagogical purposes with third parties (including partner organizations), you may be contacted by such third parties for additional information. 
• If you do not want your personal information shared with such third parties, please contact us at help@onetable.org, through your Field Team member, or the OneTable Together team. We ask for your credit card number and other Billing Information in order to process ticketed events through the platform. 
  • We reserve the right to require address confirmation for dinners included in listings.

Please see our Privacy Policy for the full terms and agreements.

We will never sell your data, and we only share it with trusted partners when necessary to provide you with services or communications.

Please read more about our Terms & Conditions

• OneTable supports civic engagement and encourages you to bring the joy of Shabbat dinner to educate your friends and family about the causes you care about. However, as a 501(c)3 non-profit, OneTable resources cannot be used for any political activity for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a public election or to support or oppose a political party or candidate running for public office.
• OneTable ticket sales cannot be used to fundraise for other organizations – because of our own limitations as a 501(c)3, dinner titles and descriptions on the platform cannot openly discuss fundraising for another charity or nonprofit, and we cannot provide Nourishment toward dinners of this nature.

• Yes!
• Residents can receive Nourishment for one large Shabbat dinner and one roommate dinner a month. If you have any questions please contact your Field Team member. 

• Visit our OneTable Together page for more FAQs about our OneTable Together platform.
• If you require personal assistance with the platform, contact our team at together@onetable.org.

• YES! If you know that you’d like to host Shabbat dinners at some point with OneTable, apply now.
• For more information before you apply, visit our hosting page for young adults or our OneTable Together page

• While you can always post as far in advance as you like, we recommend that you post your dinner at least one (1) week in advance.
• At the latest, young adults will need to post their dinner by Tuesday at 11:59 pm local time the week of your dinner in order to receive OneTable Nourishment.
  • Please keep an eye out for emails from our team about your dinners. Every dinner must be approved by our Field Team to qualify for Nourishment.

• Yes, all guests must RSVP on the OneTable platforms for many reasons. 
  • Most importantly, this allows hosts to prepare for their dinners with a clear picture of who is coming. 
  • Some hosts are welcoming new people to their homes and using our gathering technology to generate new connections on a Friday night is exactly what we are here for. 
  • And finally, OneTable is a non-profit and your RSVPs help us have an understanding of how our platform is being used so that you can help us guarantee that we can keep supporting Shabbat dinners across the U.S. and Toronto.
• A few notes on RSVPs:
  • All guests’ names and email addresses must contain the guests’ accurate information. 
  • A host may not RSVP to their own dinner to save a space for a guest who is unable or unwilling to RSVP themself. 
  • If your guest is having issues RSVPing to your dinner please have them contact their Field Team member or our OneTable Together team at together@onetable.org.

• You can invite your guests by going to manage dinners→ actions→ manage guests.
  • There, you can either email your guests through the platform, add guests from previous events, or copy and paste the link to send to your guests via a personal email, Instagram, text, printed and sent by carrier pigeon, or whatever works best for you!

• A public dinner means anyone in the OneTable community can sign up to attend. The location is public. Everyone who RSVPs is an automatic “yes.”
• A public–host approval means that you manage your dinner’s RSVPs. While the description of the Shabbat dinner is public, only guests that you approve will be given the full details about your dinner (time, address, other guests, etc). 
  • You will receive the name and email of everybody who requests a seat so you can communicate with them to determine if the Shabbat dinner you’ve planned is the right fit. 
  • If you feel you need to decline a guest, you can do so through our platform (there’s even a space to send them a message). Your Field Team member and the OneTable Together team (together@onetable.org) is available if you need guidance with this.
• A private dinner is for when you are hosting a specific group of people and do not have room for others to join. This might be a Shabbat-birthday party, a Shabbat-reunion, or the like. Your dinner will be visible and listed on the platform, but only guests you invite can see your dinner details and RSVP to your dinner.

• We want to ask you: What makes your dinner, Shabbat? 
• Shabbat dinner is special, and we hope that you’ll consider ways to set a specific intention for the space you are creating. 
  • Rituals like candle lighting, saying a blessing over the wine, and having challah, are some meaningful ways to elevate Friday night.
• Your Field Team member is the best person for young adults to talk with about ritual, and ways you can create intention whether traditional or unique to you.
• Every Wednesday at 12 PT/3 ET, our OneTable Together team hosts virtual Shabbat Hosting Workshops for our OneTable Together community.

• Keep an eye on your email inbox — we’ll be sending out a “How Did It Go?” survey and we’d love your feedback and photos!
• If you choose to post about your dinner on social media, tag us at @onetableshabbat. We love hearing about all of your dinners!
• Get in touch! We don’t require receipts, but we do expect communication from our hosts. We love it when you email us, have coffee with us, Zoom with us, and tell us how OneTable has impacted you.
• Reflect on what was great and what you might want to change for next time, and get ready to host again!

• We are so sorry that this was your experience. Everyone deserves to feel welcomed and safe at a Shabbat dinner. 
• Please visit the dinner description page (even after the dinner has passed) and scroll down to the “Meet your host” section. Click on the “Report an Issue” button below the host’s bio to fill out a report.

• Nourishment is one of the resources OneTable offers to young adult hosts who need a little extra support to elevate their dinners. It is not meant to cover the full cost of the dinner, think of it as the ability to elevate what you could normally provide. 
  • It is a pre-imbursement (not a reimbursement) and comes in the form of digital gift cards that you select via the platform.
  • Nourishment may be used for a fancy protein, or flowers for your table, or hand-dipped Shabbat candles, or a cookbook, or takeout from that new place down the road, or a board game to play at your dinner — the list seems endless! Your Shabbat dinner is unique and deserves to be special. Be creative with your Nourishment,
  • If you do not need this assistance, you can choose to “pay it forward” and it will help another host bring more Shabbat into their life. OneTable is a non-profit with limited funds. Pay-it-forward helps us to continue to Nourish dinners across the U.S. and Toronto!

• Not every Shabbat is eligible for Nourishment. Dinners need to be approved by a OneTable Staff member before they are able to receive Nourishment.
• Nourishment is distributed to hosts who have their dinners posted on the platform and Nourishment option selected by 11:59pm on Tuesday, and based on the number of RSVPs your dinner receives on the platform by Wednesday at 11:59pm local time. 
• We send Nourishment for each RSVP (up to 10, including the host). We cap Nourishment at the amount you request. When you create your dinner on the platform, you can select where you would like to use your Nourishment (we always recommend our OneTable Nourishment Catalog!). 
  • On our Catalog you can find Albertsons Companies (including places like Safeway and Von’s), Harris Teeter, Kroger, Sam’s Club, Target, Walmart, as well as Instacart, Uber Eats, DoorDash and more!
• Your Nourishment gift will be sent to your email by the end of the day on Thursday. Don’t see it? Check your spam, then email your Field Team member.
• Enjoy! Note: If we reach out to you with a question regarding your dinner, we will not be able to Nourish your Shabbat until we hear back. If we don’t hear from you until after the Nourishment deadlines your dinner may not qualify for Nourishment.

• For typical OneTable dinners, we provide Nourishment credit of $10/CAD $13 per person who RSVPs to your dinner on the OneTable platform + $10/CAD $13 for you — up to $100/CAD $130 total per dinner. You are encouraged to invite as many people as you like!
• Nourishment is meant to assist in creating your dinner. We understand it might not cover all expenses for the night, but we believe OneTable can help elevate your meal. Consider asking friends to help out by bringing wine, flowers, challah, sides, etc.

• If you don’t use all of your Nourishment, or you cancel your Shabbat dinner, we ask that you let us know within five (5) days of your dinner so that we can cancel the gift card. 
• Alternatively, you can donate it back to support another OneTable Shabbat dinner!

• We send Nourishment out on the Thursday before your dinner. If you need it earlier than that, you are welcome to email your Field Team member and ask, but please know that we can’t guarantee anything, as this is an exception to our policies.
• We try to make sure that our staff has enough time to Shabbat themselves! During Jewish Holidays, secular holidays, or our two week-long office closures in July + December, the deadlines around Nourishment and posting dinners change. Please keep an eye out for emails and banners on our platform to let you know when a deadline change is coming up.

• Sometimes, the Nourishment goes straight to Spam. Make sure you check your Spam folder before contacting OneTable.
• Search “Your OneTable Nourishment is Here!” or “Nourishment” to see if it’s in a crowded inbox.
• Still can’t find it? Reach out to your Field Team member! They might be able to resend your Nourishment or troubleshoot from their end.

We’re sorry to hear that! Please contact the gift card company’s customer service directly.

• If you are a local business, please reach out to your relevant Field Team member.
• If you are a national Nourishment partner, you can send us info via our inquiry form!