Using this site

Mashmanim wants everybody ordering for a simcha to be able to use this site — including people who navigate by keyboard, use a screen reader, need larger text, or prefer less motion on screen.

What we aim for

We build to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.2, at level AA. That is the standard most public bodies use. We treat it as a requirement while building rather than as a pass to make later.

What is in place

• Keyboard. Every control can be reached and operated without a mouse, and the item you are on always shows a visible focus ring. A “skip to content” link is the first thing you reach on each page, so you do not have to tab through the menu every time.
• Screen readers. Pages use real headings in order, buttons that say what they do, and labels on every form field. Icon-only controls carry a spoken name. The page you are on is marked in the navigation.
• Contrast. The colour palette was checked by calculation, not by eye, against the AA contrast thresholds — in both the light and dark themes.
• Motion. If your device is set to reduce motion, the fade-in animations do not run.
• Text size and zoom. Text is set in relative units, so it grows with your browser or system setting, and the layout does not scroll sideways when it does.

What we know is still missing

We would rather say this plainly than let you discover it.

• This site has not yet been tested with a screen reader by a person using one, and has not been tested on a real phone or tablet. The checks so far were made in code and in a desktop browser.
• It has not been through an independent accessibility audit.
• Some photographs still carry short descriptions written by us rather than by the kitchen, so a few may describe the picture less precisely than they should.

If something does not work

Tell us and we will fix it, and in the meantime we will take your order the ordinary way — by phone, with a person. You never have to get through this website to order from us.

Call (845) 694-6141 or email orders@mashmanim.com. It helps if you can say which page you were on and what you were trying to do, but please get in touch either way.

We treat an accessibility problem as a fault in the site, not as an unusual request.