Bar/Bat Mitzvah Honors

B'NEI MITZVAH HONORS FORM

Below are opportunities for you to give honors to close family members or friends on the day of your b’nei mitzvah. Please contact Cantor Katz or Rabbi Greenwald if you have any questions!

Your Email:

B'nai Mitzvah Date:

Student First Name:

Student Last Name:

Parasha (Torah Portion) for your B'nei Mitzvah:

* Student Hebrew Name

Your Hebrew name includes the name(s) of your Jewish parents like this: Ya'akov ben Yitzhak v'Rivkah or Rachel bat Shmuel v'Devorah

* Tribe:

Please Select OneKohenLeviYisrael

Please select one.

HONORS

* Would you like to assign the honor of OPENING THE ARK at the beginning of the Torah Service? If so, please list two people below (one for each side of the ark).

Would you like to assign the honors of HAGBAH & GELILAH (lifting and dressing the Torah)? If so, please list two people below, one to lift and one to dress the Torah. Our Torahs are the most cherished possessions of our community. Please consider assigning the honor of Hagbah to someone with experience and ability to lift a Torah, and kindly provide their contact information so that one of our Shamashim may reach out to them about how to do this honor.

Would you like to assign the honor of HOLDING THE TORAH after we finish reading it? If so, please list one name below. This person will sit in a chair on the bimah holding the Torah scroll during the Haftarah reading and additional prayers that happen prior to returning the Torah to the ark. This honor often goes to a young person, but it can be assigned to any Jewish person.

Would you like to assign someone to read the PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY on page 177 of Siddur Lev Shalem? This prayer is read in English and can be done by Jewish or non-Jewish participants. You may assign the whole prayer to one person, or you might choose to split it between two people.

Would you like to assign someone to read the PRAYER FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL on page 178 of Siddur Lev Shalem? This prayer is read either in English or Hebrew and can be done by Jewish or non-Jewish participants. Please select one person for this honor.

* Would you like to assign the honor of CLOSING THE ARK at the end of the Torah Service? If so, please list two people below (one for each side of the ark).

ALIYOT
Your family will receive a total of four (4) aliyot on the day of the B'nei Mitzvah Ceremony. One of those aliyot will go to your child when they are called to the Torah as a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. You have the opportunity to assign the remaining three (3) aliyot. If you would like help or advice about this, please reach out to Rabbi Adam or Cantor Amy at clergy@cbi18.org.

FAMILY ALIYAH #1 - Please include name(s), Hebrew name(s), and tribe for each person being called up.

FAMILY ALIYAH #2 - Please include name(s), Hebrew name(s), and tribe for each person being called up.

FAMILY ALIYAH #3 - Please include name(s), Hebrew name(s), and tribe for each person being called up.

Thu, May 1 2025 3 Iyyar 5785

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