Features

HaGabay does everything except throw the candies. Here is what that means in practice, from a single member to closing the year.

Members and families

  • Member cards with family members, photo and comment history
  • Lists and groups that suit the way you work
  • Import members from an Excel file
  • Birthdays, anniversaries, yahrzeits and bar and bat mitzvahs by the Hebrew calendar

Aliyot and honours

  • Automatic rotations for aliyot, Torah reading, chazzanut and divrei Torah
  • Rotations respect obligation dates, personal events and preferences
  • A record of the aliyot given
  • Management of the synagogue's Sifrei Torah

Shabbat, calendar and zmanim

  • Shabbat planner: who is called up, who reads and what is announced
  • A weekly programme with prayer times based on zmanim
  • Hebrew calendar and zmanim for your location
  • Presentations for the synagogue screen, with a live clock and times

Accounting

  • Double-entry accounting: charges, credits, expenses, banks and suppliers
  • Pledges, membership fees and recurring collections
  • Receipts and section 46 donation reporting
  • Year-end close, balance sheets and reports

Member portal

  • Login with a one-time code by phone or email, with no password
  • Account balance and receipts
  • Pledges and payment by credit card
  • Profile change requests and community registration, approved by the gabbai

Seating

  • A graphic seat map for every hall
  • Seat sales: members choose a seat in the portal
  • Printed seat signs, member cards and labels

Communication

  • Email, SMS and WhatsApp from the system
  • Templates with live data, such as an account statement
  • Printed letters
  • Alerts for gabbaim when a member acts in the portal

Security and Shabbat

  • Two-step login for every staff member
  • Separate permissions for each gabbai
  • A record of every action
  • Closing on Shabbat and Yom Tov, with notifications held until after Shabbat

Want to see it with your own data?

We will open a demo synagogue for you for 30 days and, if you like, move your HaGabay 2 data into it.

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