Support the High Holy Days at Temple Hillel B'nai Torah

Help make these Days of Awe meaningful for our entire community.

Each year, the High Holy Days bring our congregation together for prayer, reflection, music, learning, and renewal. Whether you join us in the sanctuary, on Zoom, or with your family at our children's programs, your participation helps make these sacred days come alive.

Additional gifts to the High Holy Day Appeal help us create a warm, welcoming, and meaningful experience for everyone.

Your gift helps support

  • Inspiring worship led by Rabbi Aliza and our musical leadership
  • Security and safety throughout the High Holy Days
  • Livestreaming and technology for members participating from home
  • Children's, teen, and family programming
  • Accessibility accommodations and hearing assistance
  • Prayer books, printed materials, and holiday resources
  • Hospitality for members, guests, and visitors
  • The care and preparation that make every service possible

Here's how your generosity supports our community:

$54 — helps sponsor a Friday Night dinner participant.

$72 — supports ongoing operations to keep our temple building open every day.

$118 — supports the cost of a mailing to all temple members to stay connected.

$180 — helps provide kiddush on Shabbat.

$360 — provides a stipend to a Chaverim School Madrich(ah), a teen member who helps teach our young children.

$540 — provides educational materials and supplies for Chaverim School students and teachers.

$720 — ensures the upkeep of social justice banners hung inside and outside the temple.

$1,000 — supports technology for a Shabbat or Holy Day Zoom service to bring us all together.

$1,800 — beautifies the temple grounds through landscaping during the changing seasons.

$2,500 — creates new programming, via Zoom and in person, for adults, teens and children.

$3,600 — supports our dedicated, welcoming staff who work to strengthen our HBT community.

$5,000 — ensures our sanctuary and all parts of our Temple have infrastructure and capacity, in person and via technology, to keep the HBT community engaged and supported all year.

Life at HBT

Worship

Rabbi Aliza speaking with candles Rabbi Aliza Rosh Hashanah service

Learning

Book group Waking Lions book cover Body mind spirit program

Children & Families

Childcare Bat mitzvah class 2025 Hillary, Sukkot 2024

Music

Recording session Musicians at rabbi installation Shul band

Community

Kulanu Paint night Semiannual event Fourth Fridays Second Saturdays Cookout 2023 RSVP event

Social Justice

Rebuild Sanctuary Protest

Celebration

Simchat Torah 2023 Rabbi Aliza installation Rabbi installation Break-fast bagel board

Every gift matters.

Whether your contribution is large or small, your generosity helps ensure that Temple Hillel B'nai Torah remains a welcoming, vibrant, and caring Jewish community for everyone.

Thank you for helping make this year's High Holy Days meaningful for all.

Shanah Tovah.

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A Message from Our Leadership

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Watch when you have a few quiet minutes, and consider how your gift supports the spiritual, educational, and justice-driven life of our congregation.