Partners

Give one Friday. It carries your name.

Partners are local businesses and organizations that make one or more of the ten dinners happen: bread, wine or flowers, a room, funding, or guests. Each Friday seats 24, and yours carries your name in the briefing, the press release and the social kit, with a seat for you at the table.

Partner a Friday Compare the four ways
The season
Oct 16 to Dec 18
Which Fridays
One or more of the ten
Our reply
Within 2 days
Friday 3 of 10

Vayera וירא

Given by

Your business here

Friday, October 30, 2026. Candles at 5:44 pm.

Illustrative. Your name appears like this in the briefing, the press release and the social kit.

Who sits at the table

24 invited guests every Friday, 240 seats across the season. Every guest is approved by name: a mix of newcomers, regulars and community groups, some invited by Zackory, some by a partner, some who applied.

Zackory hosts all ten Fridays and reads every application himself.

  • 24guests each Friday
  • 240seats across the season
  • 10Fridays, Oct 16 to Dec 18

Four ways to partner

Give food, a room, funds or guests. Every way is named, and every way has a seat. Figures are planning figures for a Friday of 24 guests.

The four partner tiers compared: what you give, what it costs, how many guests, your seats, where your name appears, exclusivity, and examples

Table partner

Host partner

Patron

Community partner
You give

Bread, wine, flowers or food for one Friday, given in kind

A room, a home or a gallery after hours, with a long table and a place to plate food

Funds one Friday: the food, wine, rentals and crew that are not given in kind

Your organization brings guests: you nominate people, Zackory approves each by name
What it costs

About $60 to $250 at cost

Challah for 24 is about $60 to $180; wine and juice about $240; flowers for the long table about $180.

No cash. About $900 of room and kitchen, given in kind

Access from 2:30 pm, lock-up by 10 pm. The address goes only to confirmed guests, 48 hours before.

About $2,200 to $2,500 for the Friday

Planning figures for 24 guests: groceries and kitchen, rentals, wine and juice, print, candles and a crew meal.

No cost

Bring up to 4 guests who have never been to a Shabbat dinner, or who have not been to one in years.
Who is there

24 guests that night

1 seat for you

24 guests that night

2 seats for you and one guest

24 guests that night

2 seats for you and one guest

24 guests that night

Up to 4 nominated seats
Your name appears in
  • The Friday briefing
  • The press release
  • The social kit, with your name on the tiles
  • The run of show, the host's script
  • The Friday briefing
  • The press release
  • The social kit, with your name on the tiles
  • The place cards on the table
  • The run of show, the host's script
  • The Friday briefing
  • The press release
  • The social kit, with your name on the tiles
  • The place cards on the table
  • The run of show, the host's script
  • The thank-you to every guest
  • The Friday briefing
  • The press release
  • The social kit, with your name on the tiles
  • The run of show, the host's script
  • The thank-you to every guest
Exclusivity

One partner per kind of gift each Friday: one bakery, one wine shop, one florist

One room per Friday

One Patron per Friday, presented in your name

One community group per Friday
For example
  • A bakery brings the challah
  • A wine shop pours for the night
  • A florist sets the table
  • A grocer supplies the red lentils for Toldot on November 13
  • A restaurant gives its back room for a Friday
  • A family opens its home
  • A gallery or studio after hours
  • A local firm funds the first night of Chanukah on December 4
  • A family funds a Friday in someone's memory
  • A business funds the season finale on December 18
  • A newcomers' group brings people who just moved to Santa Monica, for Lech-Lecha on October 23
  • A synagogue brings members who have never been to a Shabbat dinner outside home
  • A school brings a table of parents

Partner a Friday

What you get, and when

Every promise to partners, with its date: you hear back within 2 days, your briefing and social kit arrive on schedule, your seat is held, and you see next season first.

  1. Apply

    Tell us your business, what you would bring and which Fridays work. Pick as many as you like.

  2. Hear back within 2 days

    Zackory replies by email: approved, one question, or not this season.

  3. Get your briefing

    14 days before your Friday: the agenda, the menu, the venue, your action items with due dates and the send schedule. If your Friday is sooner than that, it arrives the day you are approved.

  4. Share your social kit

    5 days before your Friday: captions, hashtags and alt text for your own channels.

  5. Come to dinner

    Your seat is held. Arrive 30 minutes before candle-lighting. Dinner ends 3 hours after.

  6. See the next season first

    Partners get the next season's dates before they are posted anywhere.

Pick your Fridays

Choose one here and add more in the application. The bar under each time shows how the evenings shorten; the clocks go back on November 1, between Fridays 3 and 4.

  1. Friday 1

    Oct 16

    Noach נח

    Noach: everyone gathered in, and a promise with a sign you can check

    Candles6:00 pm

    Partner this Friday

  2. Friday 2

    Oct 23

    Lech-Lecha לך־לך

    Lech-Lecha, go forth: a Friday table for people who just moved to Santa Monica

    Candles5:52 pm

    Partner this Friday

  3. Friday 3

    Oct 30

    Vayera וירא

    Hachnasat orchim, welcoming guests: a table open on all four sides, with someone at the door all night.

    Candles5:44 pm

    Partner this Friday

  4. Friday 4

    Nov 6

    Chayei Sara חיי שרה

    Kindness past what was asked, and the names of the people who came before

    Candles4:38 pm

    Partner this Friday

  5. Friday 5

    Nov 13

    Toldot תולדות

    Toldot: twins, a bowl of red lentil stew, and blessings said out loud

    Candles4:33 pm

    Partner this Friday

  6. Friday 6

    Nov 20

    Vayetzei ויצא

    Jacob's stairway, and noticing the place where you already stand

    Candles4:29 pm

    Partner this Friday

  7. Friday 7

    Nov 27

    Vayishlach וישלח

    Vayishlach the day after Thanksgiving: a night of wrestling, a brother who runs to meet you, and saying out loud what you have enough of

    Candles4:27 pm

    Partner this Friday

  8. Friday 8

    Dec 4

    Vayeshev וישב

    First night of Chanukah. Chanukah candles are lit before Shabbat candles.

    Joseph's coat and his dreams, and the first Chanukah light lit just before the Shabbat candles

    Candles4:26 pm

    Partner this Friday

  9. Friday 9

    Dec 11

    Miketz מקץ

    Eighth night of Chanukah. Eight candles, lit before Shabbat candles.

    Miketz on the eighth night of Chanukah: Joseph sees the lean years coming and fills the storehouse while there is plenty, and on the one night every Chanukah candle is lit, the menorah goes in the window where the street can see it.

    Candles4:27 pm

    Partner this Friday

  10. Friday 10

    Dec 18

    Vayigash ויגש

    Vayigash, drawing near: the brothers find each other again, and every Friday of the season comes back to one table

    Candles4:29 pm

    Partner this Friday

Partner a Friday

Ten Fridays, ten ways to be named

Each Friday is named for the partners who made it. A business appears on its card only after it applies and is approved, so every Friday below is still available.

  1. Available

    Friday 1, Oct 16

    Noach

    Your name here

  2. Available

    Friday 2, Oct 23

    Lech-Lecha

    Your name here

  3. Available

    Friday 3, Oct 30

    Vayera

    Your name here

  4. Available

    Friday 4, Nov 6

    Chayei Sara

    Your name here

  5. Available

    Friday 5, Nov 13

    Toldot

    Your name here

  6. Available

    Friday 6, Nov 20

    Vayetzei

    Your name here

  7. Available

    Friday 7, Nov 27

    Vayishlach

    Your name here

  8. Available

    Friday 8, Dec 4

    Vayeshev

    Your name here

  9. Available

    Friday 9, Dec 11

    Miketz

    Your name here

  10. Available

    Friday 10, Dec 18

    Vayigash

    Your name here

Questions partners ask

Who comes to the dinners?

Guests invited by Zackory or a partner, and people who apply for a seat and are approved. Every guest is approved by name before an invitation goes out.

Can I bring my staff or my customers?

Every partner has a seat: one for a table partner, two for a host partner or a Patron, and up to four nominated guests for a community partner. To bring a larger group, say so when you apply. Zackory approves each person by name.

Can I partner on more than one Friday?

Yes. Pick every Friday that works. Each one gets its own briefing and its own social kit.

What if my Friday is less than 14 days away?

Your briefing goes out the day you are approved, with everything that would have come earlier.

Who gets the venue address?

Partners have it in their briefing. Guests get it 48 hours before dinner, and only if they have RSVPed yes.

Is the food kosher?

Kosher-style, not certified: no pork, no shellfish, and no meat served with dairy. Each Friday's briefing says how the food is prepared. If you keep kosher, say so when you apply and you will have the details before you commit.

Do you send anything on Shabbat?

No. Nothing goes out between Friday candle-lighting and Saturday havdalah, or between 10 pm and 8 am.

Why do some partners say illustrative?

They are examples. No business is named as a partner until it applies and is approved.

Who do I write to?

va@yo-ur.com. Zackory reads it.

Ready to give a Friday?

Hear back within 2 days. Zackory replies by email: approved, one question, or not this season.

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