Gabbai Sheet

Gabbai Sheet

A document called the "Gabbai Sheet" serves as a guide to each B'nai Mitzvah service which the Bar or Bat Mitzvah student, tutor and Rabbi Kaiman will use in the Sanctuary during the service. The honors information you provide will ultimately be entered into your child(ren)'s unique Gabbai Sheet. The template for your child(ren)'s Bar/Bat Mitzvah will be sent in advance of the event via Google Drive. You may begin inserting the names of your honorees and other requested details upon receipt. Click the buttons below for an example and additional info.

B'nai Mitzvah Gabbai Sheet - Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

gabbai sheet sample & rules:

A template for the Gabbai Sheet follows below. Each Shabbat is unique so there are variations depending upon each date. Please be aware of the following rules:

• The Bar/Bat Mitzvah family may honor 4 people with aliyot for Torah readings. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah is typically assigned the Maftir (final) aliyah.
• Please note if/when the person receiving an aliyah is a Cohen or Levi.
• Couples may receive the honor of an aliyah together; however, only one person may officially perform the aliyah, be called to the Torah and recite the blessing before and after the Torah reading. If a couple (grandparents or aunt and uncle, for example) will stand at the Reader's Table together for an aliyah, please indicate which member of the couple will perform the aliyah.
• The Hebrew names of all honorees receiving an aliyah or performing Hagbah (lifting the Torah) or Gelilah (binding the Torah) must be submitted as part of the honors listfor the Gabbai Sheet to the Executive Assistant (marketing@shearithisrael.com).    
• Both men and women are expected to wear a tallit and head covering when on the bimah and when touching the Torah.
• It is customary that older generations precede younger generations within a family when selecting the order for the aliyot.
• Please submit names of any family or guest Torah readers for the B'nai Mitzvah service to Erin Chernow, Bnai Mitzvah Coordinator, at bnaimitzvah@shearithisrael.com, preferably two months in advance of the simcha in order to give our congregants an opportunity to prepare unclaimed readings.
• The Gabbai Sheet is propduced by Erin Chernow, Bnai Mitzvah Coordinator                        (bnaimitzvah@shearithisrael.com)
• Davening assignments not given by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah family are assigned by Michael Rich (sidavening@gmail.com).
• Torah readers not assigned by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah family are assigned by Baruch Stiftel and Howard Zandman (torah@shearithisrael.com).