BAR /BAT MITZVAH HONORS SHEET FOR FRIDAY NIGHT

Name of Bar /Bat mitzvah:                
Date of bar/bat mitzvah:                 

Candle lighting on Friday night: (bar /bat mitzvah mother or other Jewish female):
                

Opening ark curtains before Torah service on Friday night:
            1.     
            2.     

Reciting Torah blessings on Friday night:

            English Name:       
            Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):      

Lifting the Torah on Friday night (Hagbah):                   

Dressing the Torah on Friday night (Glilah):                 

Opening ark curtains to put Torah away on Friday night:
            1.     
            2.          

Opening ark curtains before Aleinu on Friday night:

            1.     
            2.     

BAR /BAT MITZVAH HONORS SHEET FOR SATURDAY MORNING:

Name of Bar /Bat mitzvah:               
Date of Bar /Bat mitzvah:                 

Honor #1 & #2 (two people)
            Open and close ark curtain at beginning of Torah service:  

            1.      
            2.      

Honor #3 Undressing Torah:      

Honor #4: Torah blessings
            (we need Hebrew names as well as Hebrew names of parents.)

Aliyah 1 – up to 4 people
Aliyah 2 – up to 4 people
Aliyah 3 – usually parents
Aliyah 4 – bar /bat mitzvah

Aliyah #1 (Recites blessings before and after Torah reading): (From one to four names can be used)

Person 1: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 2: English Name:     
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 3: English Name:    
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 4: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Aliyah #2 (Recites blessings before and after Torah reading):  (From one to four names can be used)

Person 1: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 2: English Name:     
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 3: English Name:    
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 4: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Aliyah #3 (Recites blessings before and after Torah reading): (Usually Parents)

Person 1: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Person 2: English Name:     
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Aliyah #4 (Recites blessings before and after Torah reading- BAR/BAT MITZVAH):

Bar/Bat Mitzvah: English Name:      
Hebrew Name (and Hebrew names of parents):       

Honor # 5: Hagbah (lifts and holds up Torah) 

            (One person):        

Honor # 6: G'lilah (rolls Torah scroll together)

            (One person):        

Parents come to pulpit to offer a public prayer for their child  
            (combined length of prayer: 2 minutes max.):

            Parents:     

Honor # 7: Return Torah to the Ark (one person to carry Torah):

Siblings and parents join in processional:

            Siblings:      

Honor # 8 & 9: Open and close ark curtains to return Torah: (Two people)

            1.       
            2.           

ALEINU:

Honor #10 & 11: Open and close ark curtain (Two people)

            1.     
            2.       

Prayer before Kiddush (One person):      

BAR/BAT MITZVAH CHILD'S HEBREW NAME:       

FATHER'S HEBREW NAME:          

MOTHER'S HEBREW NAME: