Shirim U'Pizmonim Zemiros and Song Booklet, 4.5x6.5

A collection of shirim and pizmonim printed at 4.5 by 6.5 inches — a page size that opens flat on a table and is legible across a crowded one, which is more than can be said for the pocket booklets when the singing starts and half the room does not know the words past the first line.

That is the whole use of it. At a sheva brachos, a kiddush, a melave malka or a long Friday night table, the singing tends to stop where memory stops. A booklet in front of every guest keeps it going, and the people who were quiet because they did not know the words join in.

There are no options to work through here and no nusach to choose — it is printed one way and it is bought by the quantity the table needs. Set out at each place before guests sit down, or stacked at the end of the table to be passed around after bentshen, it is one of the least expensive things that genuinely changes how an evening goes.

Sold by Judaica Square, Lakewood NJ. Free shipping on orders over $75. Returns within 15 days.