Welcome families! This page will serve as a resource for helping guide you through the process leading up to the day your child becomes a B’nai Mitzvah. It will have forms to download, Torah portion files, and much more to come.
Roadmap to the Big Day: What You Need to Know…
Sample of an In-Person Ceremony
Sample of a Hybrid Sanctuary/Zoom service
Aliyot & Readings: On date sheet each Bar/Bat Mitzvah has been assigned either a Part 1 or Single Reading & Aliyot or Part 2 Reading & Aliyot
- Aliyot Instructions
- Aliyot and Readings English/Hebrew
- Aliyot for Single Bar/Bat Mitzvah
- Aliyot for Twins/Two Siblings
- Aliyot Part 1 —1 through 5
- Aliyot Part 2 — 6 through 10
- Shabbat Morning Reading Part 1
- Shabbat Morning Reading Part 2
- Shabbat Morning Single/Two Siblings
D’var Torah
Mitzvah Project Advice
Catering
- Caterer’s Agreement
- Grab and Go Kiddush
- Liquor Agreement
- Rental Agreement
- Rules Governing Use of the Temple
- Sample COI for Vendors
Additional Documents
- Sanctuary and Oneg Setup: Friday
- Sanctuary and Oneg Setup: Saturday
- Sanctuary and Oneg Setup: Outdoors
- Bnai Mitzvah Photo Letter
- Isaiah’s Gifts Flyer for B’nai Mitzvah Items
- Kippot Form
- Remember a Child
- Tree of Life
Bat Mitzvah photo courtesy of Evan Dahne at Maryland Photo Video. Catering photo courtesy of Kristin Goldscher at Anna Elliott Photography.