Lifecycle moments, coordinated end-to-end.
Shivas, B'nei Mitzvah, weddings, brit milah, off-site events — one playbook, one workspace.
Lifecycle services are the highest-stakes coordination work a synagogue does — and the most chaotic. Shiva minyanim need 7 evenings of leaders, often at someone's home. B'nei Mitzvah families need months of choreography. Weddings, brit milah, baby naming, funerals: each its own ritual choreography, each with off-site logistics, each with a family expecting white-glove service. Lifecycle is the workspace that turns that chaos into a checklist.
Shiva 7-night series in one click
Pick the start date, family label, address, optional notes (gate codes, parking instructions). The series modal generates 7 evenings × Mincha + Ma'ariv (and optional Shacharit), skipping Shabbat per traditional practice, using the tenant's default minyan times. Every service inherits the same off-site address + family label so the Lifecycle Events portal groups them under one heading.
- Tenant-configurable default minyan times (Shacharit / Mincha / Ma'ariv)
- Skip-Shabbat toggle (default on — traditional shiva pauses Saturday)
- Optional Shacharit (default off — not all communities)
- Auto-link family label across all services for grouped Lifecycle Events view
- Family-visibility toggle per service — opt out individual nights from the family view
Off-site venue model
Lifecycle services live where the family lives, not on the bimah. Address autocomplete (Mapbox / Google Places / OpenStreetMap fallback), label, arrival notes, configurable RSVP form. Maps directly to your tenant's denomination + practice — your shivas might be 7 days, our shipped templates support 7 by default but every part is editable.
- Address autocomplete with provider fallback chain
- Visibility tiers per service: Private / Community / Public
- Public visit signups (RSVP) at /lifecycle/visit/[serviceId] when the visibility allows
- Per-service custom RSVP message — admin owns the messaging, no fixed template
- Visitor edit + cancel via tokenized links — no account required
Trained leader registry
Volunteers register interest in leading services they're qualified for (shiva minyanim, brit milah, etc.) — admin promotes from candidate to approved. Editor's role picker pins approved trained leaders to the top of the dropdown so it's a one-click selection on the Friday before a Sunday-morning service.
- Three states: candidate / approved / inactive
- Self-request flow: members visit /become-leader, submit interest
- Per-service-type qualification — someone trained for shiva isn't auto-eligible for brit milah
- Editor pins approved leaders to top of role typeahead with green badge
Family-facing communication
Public RSVP confirmation emails, edit-link, cancel-link. Tenant-editable templates with variable substitution ({{family_label}}, {{address}}, {{cancel_url}}, …). Best-effort send via Resend with delivery / bounce / complaint tracking. Family sees a clean public page; admin sees a real-time RSVP roster.
- visit_confirmation, visit_updated, visit_cancelled — three distinct templates editable per tenant
- Custom RSVP message per service — "please park along the south side, gate code 4423"
- Field config per tenant: which RSVP fields are required / optional / hidden
- Family-visible toggle gates a future family-facing public view (in development)
B'nei Mitzvah, off-site weddings, brit, baby naming
Lifecycle isn't just shivas. The lifecycle service-type catalog ships with 14 placeholder templates: Brit Milah, Simchat Bat, Pidyon HaBen, Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Aufruf, Sheva Brachot, engagement, vow renewal, funeral, unveiling, yahrzeit observance, conversion (Beit Din / Mikvah), Chanukat HaBayit. Customize per tenant; coordinator opens the Lifecycle Service Modal and picks a template.
- 14 placeholder lifecycle templates seeded — extend per tenant
- Liturgical context = Weekday so the catalog picker surfaces fragments most lifecycle ceremonies layer in (Mi Sheberach, El Malei, Mourner's Kaddish)
- Off-site addresses + arrival notes carry through every service type
- Quick-Entry auto-opens after creation so coordinator builds run-of-service immediately
Lifecycle Events portal
All lifecycle services in one view, grouped by date or by family. Color-coded service type badges. Off-site icon + violet pill distinguishes from sanctuary services. Date range filter. Quick access to the Trained Leaders panel for admins.
- By Date: chronological list, one section per day
- By Family: groups every service for a single family under one heading ("Cohen — 7-night shiva")
- Date range filter defaults -30/+90 days from today
- Sidebar entry: Planning → Lifecycle Events
What's coming
- Family-facing public timeline — one page summarizing every Lifecycle service for a family with addresses + RSVP links
- Pre-built communication sequences (B'nei Mitzvah → 6-month checklist with weekly milestone emails)
- Caterer + ritual-supply integration (e.g. tallit + kippah ordering for B'nei Mitzvah)
- Yahrzeit reminder emails opt-in based on the registered observance date
Other modules
The run-of-service editor — every prayer, honor, page reference in one place.
Plan aliyot weeks ahead, share with families, never lose track again.
The bimah projector — siddur pages, transliteration, English, RTL Hebrew, all driven by your service order.
Congregant help-desk + public Project Board. Capture every question, ship a transparent backlog.
A first-class touch-screen memorial wall. Every plaque, every yahrzeit, every photo.
Pastoral care, development, family graph. The relationship layer your books don't have.
Lifecycle services are where synagogues earn (or lose) the next generation of members. Get them right.
We're onboarding new launch-partner synagogues selectively while we mature the platform with our beta partner. Send a note and we'll set up a conversation.