Videos for the High Holy Days! 2020/5781

• Rosh Hashana video greeting – please submit videos of you and your family wishing the congregation a traditional Rosh Hashana greeting – submit video here.
• Yom Kippur video greeting – please submit videos of you and your family wishing the congregation a traditional Yom Kippur greeting – submit video here.
• Apple and Honey video – please submit videos of you and your family doing something that is related to the High Holy Days e.g., holding up home made Shana Tova signs, dipping apples in honey,  making round challot, etc.  Use your imagination! – submit video here.

Click here for a PDF of the Torah blessings (before and after)
Click here for the audio guide track of the Blessing Before Torah.
Click here for the audio guide track of the Blessing After Torah.
Click here for a PDF of the Gomel prayer (for 4th Aliyah on Rosh Hashana only)

Note: In the audio you will be:

• asked to clap before chanting the blessing (this helps us to align your video with others),
• given a starting pitch (so everyone is relatively in the same key),
• and given a count-off. 
• At the end of the video we will ask you to clap again (this also is to help us align your video with others).
  

Rosh Hashana:
1st Aliyah – Members who have been with us for 36 years or more – submit video here.
2nd Aliyah – New members or have a new member in their family by birth, marriage, etc – submit video here.
3rd Aliyah – Those who have had a major achievement this year e.g., milestone anniversary, big birthday.– submit video here.
4th Aliyah – Those who have survived a life threatening illness or circumstance  – submit video here.

Yom Kippur:
1st Aliyah – All those who became BM since last Yom Kippur– submit video here.
2nd Aliyah – Confirmation class of 2020 and past Confirmands– submit video here.
3rd Aliyah – All College Age TBA Alumni and Recent Graduates– submit video here.

These portions have been pre-assigned.

Click here to submit your portion

These readings have been pre-assigned.

• Start Fresh – submit video here.
• Blessing for a New Year – submit video here
• Closing Blessing – submit video here.

We invite the entire congregation to submit videos with these melodies:

Note: Please read through the section above (in blue) called How to create your video before recording:

Note: In the audio you will be:

• asked to clap before the music begins (this helps us to align your video with others)
• At the end of the video we will ask you to clap again (this also is to help us align your video with others).
  

L’Shana Tova Tikateivu – Download audio guide track here | submit video here.

Note: In the video you will be asked to clap (this helps us to align your video with others), given a starting pitch (so everyone is relatively in the same key), and given a count-off. At the end of the video we will ask you to clap again (this also is to help us align your video with others).

These melodies have been pre-assigned: