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Kol Bo B‘Nei Mitzvah Brochure Kol Bo B‘nei Mitzvah Brochure North Shore Temple Emanuel Important Contacts Rabbi Nicole Roberts: [email protected] Rabbi Misha Clebaner: [email protected] Tony Abo: [email protected] Pauline Lazarus: [email protected] North Shore Temple Emanuel 28 Chatswood Avenue, Chatswood NSW 2067 P: 02 9419 7011 E: [email protected] W: www.nste.org.au Contents Helpful Terms to Know................................................ 04 Siddur Presentation..................................................... 06 Our B’nei Mitzvah Covenant...................................... 07 Youth2Israel Program................................................. 10 Putting the Mitzvah in Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah............. 11 Invitation Checklist..................................................... 13 Kiddush........................................................................ 14 Tree of Life.................................................................... 15 Honours List.................................................................. 17 Descriptions of Honours.............................................. 19 What’s not in the Kol Bo? The following items are found in the student’s individualised study binder provided at intake meeting, rather than in the Kol Bo: • Practice booklet containing your specificTorah reading and commentaries • Breakdown of that Torah reading into seven (7) aliyot and Maftir portions • Haftarah reading • Study aids for Hebrew and trope learning • Progress Check Worksheet • Advice on how to prepare your d’var torah Kol Bo North Shore Temple Emanuel Welcome Message from the Senior Rabbi Welcome to your b’mitzvah year! My colleague, Rabbi Misha Clebaner, and I are excited to travel this journey together with your family, and we are devoted to making it a transformative, meaningful, and unforgettable experience. During rabbinical school, I was charged with teaching a small group of Jewish teenagers about God. This was no easy feat, as the group - mostly age 15-16 - was going through a particularly atheistic phase of life. So rather than ask them about their belief or faith, I asked them about holiness. I told them about the book, Putting God on the Guest List, and the author’s suggestion that Bar/Bat Mitzvah was the most spiritual experience in a child’s life. “Was there anything holy about your Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience?” I asked them. Most shifted uneasily in their seats. Several said they were too nervous on the day to feel anything remotely “spiritual.” But then, to my surprise and delight, one brave soul started telling a story. “On the night before my Bar Mitzvah,” he recounted, “we found out my Grandpa was too sick to fly in. So my parents had me call him and chant myTorah portion over the phone so he could hear me. The next thing I knew, Grandpa was crying. I’d never heard a grown-up cry before. And I’m pretty sure he’d been holding on just for that day, because he died the next night…” In what had previously been an unruly classroom, suddenly you could have heard a pin drop. “I guess you could call that holy,” he concluded. This B’nei Mitzvah brochure, the Kol Bo (meaning “everything is in it”), contains almost everything you’ll need for a smooth and rewarding Bar/Bat Mitzvah journey. But only you contain what will make for a meaningful journey: an openness to experiencing something sacred - on the occasion and in the Jewish tradition you are embracing as you embark on the year ahead. Let’s call it ‘holy.’ Rabbi Nicole Roberts North Shore Temple Emanuel We’ll be emailing reminders throughout the year which refer to pages in this brochure, so please keep this in a safe place, and inform us if your email address or other contact details change during the year. 3 Helpful Terms to Know ALIYAH - “Going up” to the bimah to recite the HAKAFAH – The Torah scroll’s ceremonial Torah blessings or read Torah. This is an honour procession around the synagogue. that can be given to someone in your family. HAMOTZI - The recital of the Hebrew (See Honours List on page19). benediction over bread before meals. BAR MITZVAH / BAT MITZVAH - “Son/daughter KABBALAT SHABBAT - Composed of six psalms, of the commandment.” A child who has representing the six weekdays, the poem achieved the age of 13 and is consequently Lecha Dodi and two concluding psalms, obligated to observe the commandments. Kabbalat Shabbat precedes the Maariv BIMAH – The platform at the front of the service on Friday nights. sanctuary on which the ark of the Torah scrolls KADDISH - The Kaddish is an ancient praise is located and from which Rabbis and speakers of God’s reign on earth, recited even in the conduct the service. most trying circumstances, e.g. the death of a BRACHA (Plural: brachot) - A blessing family member. A special Kaddish (Yatom) is typically beginning with the phrase “Barukh said on the week of the anniversary of a loved Atah...” (Blessed art Thou...) Berakhot (pl.) are one’s death (yahrzeit). recited both as part of the synagogue service KIDDUSH – “Sanctification” of the day by and on the occasion of performing a mitzvah reciting a blessing over wine or grape juice, (commandment). and enjoying the company of others with CHAI (rhymes with eye) - A Hebrew word refreshments after the service. meaning “life.” According to the system of KIPPAH (pl. kippot) - Also known as a gematria, the letters of chai add up to 18. For yarmulke. A head covering worn by Jews as this reason, 18 is a spiritual number in Judaism, a mark of respect. All males are expected and many Jews give gifts of money in multiples to wear one in the synagogue. It is optional of 18 as a result. NSTE B’nei Mitzvah students for females. are expected to attend ‘chai’ services in the year leading up to their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. MAFTIR - The person who does the final Torah reading on Shabbat morning. CHUMASH – The first five books of the Jewish Bible, also known as the Torah. MAZAL TOV - A phrase expressing congratulations. D’VAR TORAH (Plural: Divrei Torah) - Also known as a Drasha, is a talk on topics relating NISSIM B’CHOL YOM - The series of short to a section (parashah) of the Torah. Most blessings for daily miracles near the beginning Divrei Torah carry a life lesson, supported of the morning service. by passages from the Parashah or other PARASHAH - The entire Torah (five books) is Jewish texts. read over the course of a year. Each week, GABBAI – The Gabbai stands on the bimah a portion is read, and this portion is called the & assists the Rabbi in conducting the Torah weekly parashah. reading and in calling the aliyot. SEFER TORAH - The Torah scroll. G’LILAH – Rolling of the scroll to close it, at the SHABBAT (Shabbos in Yiddish) - Judaism’s day end of the Torah reading. This is an honour that of rest and the seventh day of the week. can be given to someone in your family. SHACHARIT - Morning prayer services. HAFTARAH – A passage from the words of the Prophets (Hebrew: nevi’im) that is read after the weekly Torah reading in the service on Shabbat morning. Kol Bo North Shore Temple Emanuel Helpful Terms to Know SHAMMASH (plural: Shammashim) – The shul YAD - Pointer used during the Torah reading service attendant. The shammash makes sure so as to prevent us from touching the Torah that participants in the service know what parchment and sacred text with our hands. to do and when to do it, so that the service YAHRZEIT (Yiddish) – The anniversary of the proceeds smoothly. death of a loved one. SHEHECHEYANU (“Who has given us life”) - A common Jewish prayer for “first times.” SHUL – A Jewish temple or synagogue. SIDDUR – The Jewish prayer book. Ours is called ‘Mishkan T’filah’. TALLIT – A Jewish prayer shawl, worn by those over the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah during morning services and on Kol Nidre. TORAH - In its narrowest sense, Torah is the first five books of the Bible: Genesis (Bereishit), Exodus (Shemot), Leviticus (Vayikra), Numbers (Bamidbar) and Deuteronomy (D’varim), sometimes called the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses. In its broadest sense, the Torah is the entire body of Jewish teachings. TRIENNIAL CYCLE - While the entire Torah is meant to be read over the course of one year, a common and ancient practice is to spread the reading over the course of three years, reading part of each parasha each week. We follow this latter practice at NSTE. TROPE - CANTILLATION - The distinctive melodies used for chanting readings from the Torah and Haftarah. TROPE TRAINER - A computer program that helps you learn to recite and/or chant your parashah. UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM (UPJ) - The roof body uniting the many Progressive Jewish congregations, schools, youth groups, and communal organisations across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. WIMPEL - The band that binds the Torah scroll when it is closed and stored in the ark. Students may use the one they created in our Hebrew School if they have kept it through the years. Above: Bat Mitzvah student using a yad to read from the Torah scroll. Below: NSTE Sanctuary windows. 5 Siddur Presentation It is an NSTE tradition for parents to present their child with a Mishkan T’filah (Siddur) as they begin their Bar or Bat Mitzvah studies. Each family is specially invited to a Shabbat service to present the siddur by reading a personalised book-plate dedication and joining in a special communal blessing. Please contact Pauline: [email protected] to let us know what you would like your bookplate to say. Example Bookplate Kol Bo North Shore Temple Emanuel Our B’nei Mitzvah Covenant The following list outlines NSTE’s expectations • If you have no prior experience with during the year leading up to your Bar/Bat our movement’s youth group, Netzer, we Mitzvah. They are intended to ensure the best strongly encourage attendance at one experience for you and the congregation Netzer Camp (six days), whether summer you’ll be leading on the day: or winter, in the lead up to your Bar/Bat • Weekly meetings with your tutor Mitzvah.
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