Bar/Bat Mitzvah Handbook - Temple Micah

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family has reserved and rented the social hall for a Saturday evening reception. If furniture remains past 5:00 p.m., extra fees will be incurred. Kiddush Reception-‐Food Any food served at Temple Micah may not include pork products or shellfish. There should be no mixing of milk and meat in the same dish. Please have a vegetarian option. All leftover food must be removed from the kitchen the day of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah. We have no storage facilities. Please inform your caterer. The Kiddush Reception is your opportunity to share your celebration with the Temple Micah community, as well as with your invited guests. Our hope is that every family will create a warm and welcoming atmosphere, allowing members of the congregation and invited guests to celebrate with them and share their joy. If you are having an additional luncheon offsite, we encourage you to participate in Temple Micah’s Kiddush first. We’d like you to view the Kiddush you are hosting as an opportunity to deepen your relationship with the Temple Micah community. Please review the Kiddush guidelines on Page 21 in this booklet for details. Other Rentals The family should request a reservation from the Executive Director at least six months in advance if it wishes to use the building for any evening event (Friday Shabbat dinner or Saturday evening party) held in conjunction with the Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Please See the form and fee schedule (separate document). Oneg Shabbat The B’nai Mitzvah class is responsible for the Friday evening Oneg Shabbat prior to each Bat/Bar Mitzvah. The class organizes its own schedule. The responsibilities include providing the food, setting it up, and cleaning up after services. Every family should be helping with every job during the evenings they are assigned. See Oneg Guidelines for B’nai Mitzvah Families, page 20. Bimah Decoration The family may want to have bimah flowers or potted plants. Delivery to the Temple must be between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Friday (the day before the Bar/Bat Mitzvah date). NO heavily scented flowers, like eucalyptus, lilies, freesia or forsythia, are allowed. Please be sensitive to the allergies of the congregation and its leaders. In lieu of flowers some families have chosen to further enrich their celebration by adorning the bimah with baskets of non-‐perishable food or other charitable items which are later donated to the charity of their choice. Ushers The family should invite five people – three Temple Micah classmates and two parents of Temple Micah classmates -‐ to act as ushers for the Shabbat morning service. Ushers should be members of Temple Micah who are familiar with Shabbat morning worship. The families hosting the Friday evening Oneg will usher for that service. See Usher Guidelines, page 22. Voice Recording The Temple provides an audio recording of the Shabbat morning service. Photography and Video Recording Both photography and video recording are absolutely forbidden during Shabbat worship services, both Friday and Saturday. You may take photos of the blessings over wine and challah at the conclusion of the Shabbat morning service and at the Kiddush. Some families choose to retain a photographer to take pictures in the sanctuary after 10
services are concluded. Please note that there is no photography before the service or during the Thursday run-‐ through. Some make arrangements to have a photographer come to the building for a photo session during the week prior to services. If you choose to do this, please make appropriate arrangements with the Temple office. The Torah may not be used during photo sessions. Bima microphones may not be moved. Wine and Challah The Shabbat morning Bar/Bat Mitzvah service concludes with the blessings over wine and challah. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah family is required to provide a 4-‐5 pound Challah (or two 2 pound challot). The challah should be made available to the ushers at least a half hour before the start of the service. Seating Arrangements Seating at services is unassigned, with the exception of the choir which sits in the section to the left (Ark) side of the bimah. The Bar/Bat Mitzvah family customarily sits in the front row on the right side facing the bimah. To facilitate the flow of the service, it is suggested that the family inform persons who will be participating in the service to sit near an aisle. Please inform your guests that families with babies or small children may choose to sit near the quiet room. Service Participation The Bar/Bat Mitzvah family selects individuals for the Shabbat morning service honors. The form on page 34 must be submitted to the office no less than 10 days prior to the Bar/Bat Mitzvah date. The family chooses the Torah blessers for aliyot two, three, and four. These individuals must be Jewish and 13 years or older. For guidelines regarding non-‐Jewish participation, please see the next section. The first aliyah is assigned by the Temple to a community member who is commemorating or celebrating an event. The fourth aliyah includes the parents of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah student. The fifth aliyah is reserved for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah student. The Friday evening candle blessing and the Kiddush for the wine are led by the Bar/Bat Mitzvah family. Other Temple events sometimes necessitate that the Friday honors be shared with others. You will be notified if this is the case. The candle blessing and Kiddush can be found on page 23 and the audio can be found at http://www.templemicah.org/youth-‐education/bnai-‐mitzvah-‐audio-‐clips. During the Torah service, the parents and grandparents are invited to the bimah for the passing of the scroll. At the end of the Torah service, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah parents are invited to the bimah to sing the “Shehecheyanu” blessing with the congregation to celebrate the sacred occasion. See separate sheet Participation of non-‐Jews It is the goal of Temple Micah to create a congregation that welcomes everyone, Jew and non-‐Jew, while at the same time preserving the integrity of Jewish ritual and tradition. Participation of non-‐Jewish relatives in Bar/Bat Mitzvah services must be in accordance with the following guidelines: Non-‐Jewish family members may not lead prayers whose words presuppose that the reader is Jewish (i.e., prayers, such as the Torah blessings, which contain such language as “who has commanded us...” or “who has 11
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