What is a pinkas? A family record made to keep growing
Learn what a pinkas is, why Jewish communities kept one, and how a modern family pinkas holds stories, dates, voices, and photographs together.
Read guide
Pinkas guides
Useful guides for the family stories you want to keep.
One place for the tree, the stories, the recipes, the yahrtzeits, and the voices telling it all. So what your family knows does not leave with the ones who know it.
How yahrzeit dates work: Hebrew dates, civil dates, and family practice
A practical guide to keeping yahrzeit dates with both calendars, confirming the original date, and recording a family’s observance without replacing rabbinic guidance.
Read guideHebrew birthdays explained: why the civil date changes
Understand how a Hebrew birthday relates to the civil calendar, what to record, and how to make family reminders dependable.
Read guideQuestions to ask grandparents before the stories are lost
A thoughtful way to prepare a family interview, ask better questions, and preserve the voice and context behind a grandparent’s memories.
Read guidePlanning a family Shabbaton without losing the family part
A simple framework for planning a family Shabbaton: purpose, invitations, meals, accessibility, shared memories, and follow-up.
Read guidePreserving family recipes: from index cards to a usable cookbook
How to preserve family recipes with the maker’s name, approximate measures, photographs, stories, and a version people can actually cook.
Read guide