Honors Request Form

Celebrating a simcha? Mazal tov! Please use this form to request aliyot and other honors for your special day.

Honors Request Form

Use this form to request honors, including aliyot, for your celebration

This form is also available for download as a PDF, here.

Name(Required)

The name(s) of the person(s) making the arrangements

Email(Required)

Phone number(Required)

Receives text messages?(Required)

Yes

Alternate Phone number

Receives text messages?

Yes

Type of celebration(Required)

Please specify celebration:(Required)

Date of celebration(Required)

Celebrant(s)(Required)

Full Legal Name

Hebrew name(s)

Father's Hebrew name(s)

Mother's Hebrew name(s)

Kohen/Levi/Yisrael

The name of the person who is the main celebrant, e.g. the Bat/Bar Mitzvah. When a couple is celebrating an aufruf, anniversary etc, add a second celebrant using the +

Eligibility for honors

All are welcome to attend and participate in our services, regardless of ethnicity or religion. In keeping with tradition, aliyot, and most of the other ritual honors during the service may only be performed by Jewish people. As our congregation affiliates with the Conservative Movement of Judaism, the designation “Jewish” for all ritual purposes applies only to someone born to a Jewish (biological) mother, or someone who has undergone a formal conversion ceremony in keeping with our movement’s standards. If in doubt, or if you have specific concerns about this, please speak to the rabbi well in advance.

While most of the honors can only be performed by Jewish people, we have special honors for non-Jewish family members and guests as well. This is especially encouraged if a parent or grandparent happens to not be Jewish. If this is relevant, please specify in "Other requests" at the bottom of this form.

Hotza'at Sefer HaTorah - Taking the Torah Scroll out of the Ark

Opening Curtain

Must be Jewish. Could be children.

Closing Curtain

Aliyot

Please list honorees in order of importance to be honored.
The actual order of the aliyot will be determined by the rabbi and/or gabbai.
Families typically assign up to five of the seven aliyot, with the remaining two aliyot reserved for other congregants marking important occasions that week. Individual circumstances often differ, though, and the rabbi will do his best to accommodate your particular preferences.
As an egalitarian congregation, we ask that, as much as possible, an equal number of women and men be honored with aliyot.
It is our proudly egalitarian policy to call people up by both their father's and their mother's name. Please include both whenever possible.
If a Hebrew name is not known, the English name is used.

Honorees to be called to the Torah

Full Legal Name

Hebrew Name(s)

Father's Hebrew Name(s)

Mother's Hebrew Name(s)

Kohen/Levi/Yisrael

Relation to celebrant & other honorees

Add more lines using the +
Hebrew names can be entered spelled in Hebrew letters or in English letters, spelled phonetically. Please be specific when explaining the relationship to other honorees and the celebrants, as this will help determine the proper order of the aliyot.

Lifting and tying the Torah scroll

Name of person to lift the Torah

Must be Jewish. Requires somewhat strong arms.

Name of person to tie the Torah

Could be two people together. Could be a child.

Readings

These honors may be given to Gentiles. Note that the prayer for Israel is read in Hebrew.

Prayer for the United States of America

Prayer for the State of Israel (Hebrew)

Since October 7, until peace reigns and the hostages are returned, our congregation sings the Prayer for the State of Israel in unison, instead of offering this to be read by an honoree.

Prayer for American Soldiers (English)

Preference given to a veteran

Prayer for Peace

Hakhnasat Sefer HaTorah - Returning the Torah Scroll to the Ark

Opening Curtain

Must be Jewish. Could be children.

Closing Curtain

Other requests (including other Gentile family/friends wished to be honored)

Please note:

We will try our best to accommodate your requests, though we cannot guarantee that we will be able to grant them.

All recipients of the above honors must be in the synagogue by 9:30 AM. If they are not present when the Torah is taken out, their honors may be given to someone else.

Honors Request Form