Annual High Holyday Mitzvot Auction 2019
Annual High Holyday Mitzvot Auction 2019: Back to Our Roots!
Date: Sunday, September 8, 2019
When: Dinner served at 6:00 PM, Auction Starts at 6:30 PM, Conclusion by 7:45 PM
To RSVP for the dinner, contact Amy Arnold in the OVS office. Cost for the dinner is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6—12, free for children under 6.
To see a full list of available items, click here. All available items on the list can be purchased online here at any time (only available items* will be available to purchase online).
Please see information below for a full explanation of Mitzvot.
To purchase a mitzvah offline or for more information, contact David Franco (404-401-6055) Morris Maslia (404-431-0035), or Adam Kofinas (404-633-1737).
L'Shana Tova
Tizku L’Shanim Rabot!
*If you don't see an item listed online, it had likely already been claimed. But please feel free to verify with one of the people listed on this page by either calling or emailing them.
Explanations of Mitzvot
Peticha | Opening and/or Closing the Ark |
Sefer Rishon | Carrying the 1st Torah |
Sefer Sheni | Carrying the 2nd Torah |
Sefer Sehlishi - Sefer Arba Asar | Holding a Torah during Kal Nidre |
Rimonim | Placing the bells on the Torah |
Ets Haim | Holding the Torah while it is being undressed and dressed |
Gelilah | Undressing and dressing the Torah |
Hakamah | Lifting the Torah to be shown to the Congregation |
Mashlim |
Next to last person called to the Torah |
Haftarah | (Kaddish and Memorial Prayers can be said) |
Seganim | Standing by the Rabbi/Reader during services |
Nerot Kippur | Lighting the candles prior to Kal Nidre services |
Ner Tamid | Lighting of the perpetual lamp following Neila |
Chatan Torah | Person called up on Simchat Torah to conclude the reading of the Five Books of Moses |
Chatan Bereshit | Person called up on Simchat Torah to begin the reading of the Five Books of Moses |
Ma'im Kohanim | Hand washing for the Kohanim |
Peticha Et Sha'are | Open ark for Congregation Blessiong of Prosperity for the year ahead |
Yimloch Adonai | Song announcing the return of the Torahs to the ark |
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