Bar and Bat Mitzvah Call to Aliyah – Ya’amod/Ta’amod – by Jack Klebanow
At our bnei mitzvah, Cantor Gaby leads as the entire community joins in calling up the young adult for his or her first ever aliyah.
If calling up a boy:
Words:
Ya’amod, Ya’amod, Ya’amod
[then Cantor Gaby recites the name]
Ai, yai, yai, yai, Maftir
Ai, yai, yai, yai, Chazak
Maftir Chazak
If calling up a girl:
Words:
Ta’amod, Ta’amod, Ta’amod
[then Cantor Gaby recites the name]
Ai, yai, yai, yai, Maftirah
Ai, yai, yai, yai, Chizkee
Maftirah Chizkee
If calling up a boy
If calling up a girl