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.