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High Holiday Registration

Welcome to High Holiday Online Registration 2025/5786!

Shanah Tova!
Just as we did last year, we created the 5786 High Holiday Guidebook and mailed every member a copy; the information contained in that booklet will help you complete this registration form and may help answer some questions that you might have. If you did not receive a copy of the Guidebook, please contact Amy at highholidays@otaz.org or go to Or Tzion's High Holiday Webpage to download a copy from our High Holiday web page.  


ALL HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT CONGREGATION OR TZION

High Holiday services this year will be available to members IN-PERSON and/or VIRTUALLY, just as we have done in the past. We recommend completing this online registration as soon as possible to allow us to best accommodate our limited capacity in the sanctuary.

TICKETS:
As we approach the start of Rosh Hashanah, each member family will receive an email confirming where they have been placed for each individual service, whether it's IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL.  You will need to print that email as your 'ticket' of entrance to the in-person service. 

Streaming links will be sent out prior to the start of the High Holiday services for all VIRTUAL service viewing. Please carefully review your assignments so there is no confusion the day of services. 

Please take your time and complete this form carefully and completely.  If you have any questions, please contact Amy at highholidays@otaz.org.
Just in case we need to ask you questions!
Please provide UP TO TWO EMAIL ADDRESSES to send all communications, including your TICKET EMAIL and STREAMING LINKS prior to the High Holidays.


GIFT OF THE HEART

Every congregant household who wishes to take part in Or Tzion High Holiday programming must make a Gift of the Heart commitment. Your Gift of the Heart includes your membership dues, High Holiday seats for you and your immediate family members (up to age 23) and your Yom Kippur appeal. High Holiday tickets and access to services are only available to congregants.

Gift of the Heart asks congregants to participate in a voluntary giving model that creates sustained financial support so that Or Tzion can expand the opportunity to create positive memories and learning experiences for all of our members. Congregants making a Gift of the Heart commitment of $3,600 or more will become a member of the M’orot (Luminary) Society, a benefactor program of Congregation Or Tzion.

For more information and to make your commitment if you have not already done so, please go to: otaz.org/GIFT25.

(If you are unsure if you have made a Gift of the Heart pledge, please email Pam at bookkeeper@otaz.org.)

1. SERVICES & REGISTRATION

Services will be held at Congregation Or Tzion for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.  
The full schedule of services, plus youth and teen services can be found in your High Holiday Guidebook on pages 4-5 (Or Tzion's High Holiday Webpage)
Registration - ADULTS (18+ years old) included in membership
 
Please indicate below this person's preference for each service.
 
Rosh Hashanah - Monday, September 22nd - Wednesday, September 24th

 

Yom Kippur - Wednesday, October 1st - Thursday, October 2nd
 
Registration for CHILD(REN) included in membership

All children from age infant to 23 (if they are still in school) are included in the parents' membership at Or Tzion.  If adult children (over age 23) wish to participate in or view Or Tzion's High Holiday services, they can make their own Gift of the Heart pledge to become a member and then register for High Holiday tickets.

This section of the online registration is for children attending any of the MAIN, LITTLES, YOUTH, TEEN, or FAMILY SERVICES.  
 

Rosh Hashanah - Monday, September 22nd - Wednesday, September 24th

 

Yom Kippur - Wednesday, October 1st - Thursday, October 2nd

 
2. SEFER ZIKARON - BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

Every year, Congregation Or Tzion publishes the Sefer Zikaron, or Book of Remembrance. This is our congregants’ opportunity to memorialize the names of loved ones to be viewed when we pray Yizkor, beginning on Yom Kippur.  If you wish to contribute names to the book, please review the options below and enter the information on your registration.

 There are multiple options for submissions to the Book of Remembrance
    Premium Page: $1000; fully customizable, plus images   
    Full Page: $400; customizable 
    Half Page: $200; lists up to 10 names
    Quarter Page: $100; lists up to 5 names
    Listed names: $18 per name

Customizable pages may simply list names with your preferred wording, or include personal remembrances and/or memories. New this year, a Premium Page is a fully customizable page that can include text and one or more images of your loved one(s) you wish to include. Write your entry on the registration page or submit it to highholidays@otaz.org. We reserve the right to edit submitted content and will consult with you through this process. 

To add your Book of Remembrance entry, simply click on ‘1’ from the dropdown menu to begin the process.  Under Remembrance Categories and Costs, choose ‘yes’ to the question that applies to the category you wish to purchase; enter names in the appropriate boxes (please check spelling!).

If you are a member of the M’orot Society, your commitment entitles you to a submission in the book at no extra charge: one-quarter page for those at the $3,600 level; one-half page for those at the $5,400 level; and a full page for those at the $7,200 or higher level. You do not need to submit your info on the registration page. Simply email your info to Amy (or ask any pertinent questions) at highholidays@otaz.org.


CHOOSE 'YES' BELOW TO LEARN MORE.
choose one: 1 for YES, I would 
                     0 for NO, thank you.
For Memorial Listings, 1/4 and 1/2 Page entries: Please list the names of the memorialized loved ones you wish to include in the Book of Remembrance.

If your Book of Remembrance entry is the SAME AS LAST YEAR, you may write that in this box.
Premium pages will be located at the beginning of the memorial ads and listings.

The PREMIUM and FULL PAGE option allows for 100% customization of the page.  Please don't forget to include who is memorializing the names and/or story on the page.  Here's a sample of a customized FULL page: 

 We lovingly remember:
S_____ & S__ L____ (parents of E____ L____)
A___ & M__ C______ (grandparents of D___ L___)
A____ H L___ (father of D_____ L____)
V___ A__ M_____ (sister of D_____ L____)
You are forever in our hearts,
The L____Family
____________________________________________

My grandfather, A____L___, was quite a character!  He was a beloved teacher and highly sought-after photographer. A___ was a beloved husband, father, uncle, and grandfather and he loved his family fiercely in return. He always had hobbies; he spent decades collecting trains and antique toys, he earned his pilot's license, he loved to travel the country by car to see what each state had to offer, and he was a voracious reader and reciter of poetry. I was lucky enough to travel with my grandparents in their RV on several occasions where we listened to hours and hours of musicals and trucker music on cassette tapes.  We drove hundreds of miles each day, but we were never allowed to ask the forbidden question, ‘are we there yet?’. For him, the beauty was in the journey, not the destination. 

A___ was always kind and generous to waiters, bellmen, and the wheelchair guys at the airport. He was witty in conversation and in writing. And he unabashedly loved his wife with every fiber of his being. When his great-grandson, A___, was younger, he too loved trains and played with them constantly. Born 4 years after A____'s passing, how I wish they could have shared that together! But it makes me believe that A___’s legacy lives on in his great-grandson.   

____________________________________________ 

You can submit your names and/or story after completing this registration page. Simply type 'Will submit later' in the text box and we'll follow up with you if you don't submit it in a timely manner.  Please send full page content to highholidays@congregationortzion.org.  Questions? Contact Amy at highholidays@congregationortzion.org.

3. YOM KIPPUR BREAK-FAST RESERVATION
Once again, we are offering a traditional, dairy Yom Kippur Break-fast to be served in the social hall immediately following the final shofar blast. 
   Adults $30/each
   Children (13 and under) $20/each
4. SUKKOT (Monday, October 6 to Monday, October 13)

The Or Tzion Men’s Club recommends The Sukkah Project www.sukkot.com for all of your Sukkah needs. 

Would you be interested in having the Men's Club Sukkah Brigade build your sukkah?  You provide the materials, the Men's Club provides the labor!  The Sukkah Brigade will be building on Sunday, October 5, starting at 7:30am.  Click 'YES' below to be added to the list. A donation to Or Tzion's Men's Club of $36, or a contribution at a level that feels meaningful to you, is suggested.
 
If yes, please provide your address where the sukkah will be built (we will schedule the building time with you later).
 

Would you be willing to help build with the Men's Club Sukkah Brigade build on October 5?  You don't have to be a member of the Men's Club OR a man....everyone is welcome!
 
If yes, what is the best way to contact you? Please provide at least one way below.
Would you like to purchase a Lulav & Etrog set?
Please indicate quantities here.
 
   Premium Set - $54 each
   Children's Set - $36 each
5. OTHER ITEMS

PROJECT ISAIAH

Project Isaiah is our annual High Holiday drive benefiting the community at large.  It is named for the prophet Isaiah, who when asked why we fast on Yom Kippur, responded "Is it not to share your bread with the hungry?" (Isaiah 58:7). Without question, Or Tzion's members have been overwhelmingly generous in donating both money and food during our Project Isaiah drive each year. 

Project Isaiah 5786 will benefit St. Mary's Food Bank and Jewish Free Loan. Congregants can fill donation grocery bags and/or make a financial contribution on this registration page to support either, or both, of these worthy charities.
 
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ROZ GOODELL EDUCATION FUND

Please consider making a donation to the Roz Goodell Education Fund that supports our religious school and other programs for our children.
 
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Fri, August 29 2025 5 Elul 5785