I have been given an honor called “Peticha”. What is it and what if Im late?
There are various honors at a religious service. One of the great honors on the holidays is “Peticha”, opening the Ark. Prayer in the Jewish faith is traditionally said standing, but because of the length of the service, the rabbis felt it was difficult to ask everyone to stand for the entire service. Therefore, the rabbis decided on which prayers the congregation should, if at all possible, stand. To indicate that, the ark was opened and people would rise in the presence of our sacred Scrolls. While we try as best as possible to predict when a given honor is scheduled, we are sometimes ahead of schedule. If you miss your honor, the “Gabbaim” will do everything possible to reschedule for a later part. This is not always possible, so we ask that you make it a point to take the great honor that you have been given seriously, and try to be early so as not to miss it.
