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Thank-you notes from your simcha gift list

Attach the gift list, get a short note for each gift with the detail you wrote down, fix one in the same chat and download them as a Word file.

By TachlisAI · Reviewed

From the gift list to three notes

Yaakov’s bar mitzvah gifts are in a spreadsheet: who gave each one, what it was and one detail worth mentioning. Delete columns the notes don’t need, such as addresses and phone numbers, then sign in and attach it. Yaakov, the families and the gifts are invented.

The gift list, as attached
NameGiftDetail
Mr. and Mrs. Shimon AdlerSet of MishnayosCard: “For many years of learning”
The Fried familySilver kiddush cupEngraved with Yaakov’s Hebrew name
Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe LernerCheckMailed from Yerushalayim
Illustrative example One note for each gift

  1. You

    Attached spreadsheet: Yaakov bar mitzvah gifts.csv

    These are the gifts from Yaakov’s bar mitzvah. Write a short thank-you note from him for each row, using only that row’s gift and detail. Sign each one Yaakov.

  2. TachlisAI

    Mr. and Mrs. Shimon Adler

    Dear Mr. and Mrs. Adler,

    Thank you so much for the set of Mishnayos for my bar mitzvah, and for the brocha on your card: “For many years of learning.”

    Yaakov

    The Fried family

    Dear Fried family,

    Thank you for the silver kiddush cup for my bar mitzvah. Having my Hebrew name engraved on it made it very personal.

    Yaakov

    Rabbi and Mrs. Moshe Lerner

    Dear Rabbi and Mrs. Lerner,

    Thank you so much for your bar mitzvah gift, and for thinking of me all the way from Yerushalayim.

    Yaakov

Fix one note in the same chat

The file stays with the chat, so you don’t attach it again.

Illustrative example A joint gift, corrected

  1. You

    The kiddush cup was from the Fried and Gross families together. Redo that note to both.

  2. TachlisAI

    The Fried and Gross families

    Dear Fried and Gross families,

    Thank you for the silver kiddush cup you gave together for my bar mitzvah. Having my Hebrew name engraved on it made it very personal.

    Yaakov

Before Yaakov copies them out, check each name and gift against your list.

Download the notes as a Word file

Illustrative example All three notes in one Word document

  1. You

    Put all three notes in one Word document, one per page, with each name at the top.

The reply links to the file. If it has more than one link, use the one whose file name ends in .docx. Edit it and print, or copy each note onto a card. Files need an account.

When more gifts come in, attach a list of just those in the same chat and ask for notes in the same style. Search chats finds the chat by a family’s name.