Run your synagogue without losing a donation, a receipt or a yahrzeit.

Kehila keeps a community's families, yahrzeits, gifts and tax receipts in one place, so the office can spend the week on people instead of paperwork. Built for synagogues and Chabad houses in the United States: US dollars, IRS-ready receipts and your state's ZIP codes.

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This week in Cleveland

Thursday, October 29 · 18 Cheshvan 5787

י״ח חשון תשפ״ז

Parashat Vayera

Candle lighting: Friday 6:06 PM
Havdalah: Saturday 7:05 PM

Worked out live for Cleveland. Inside the app, it's done for your own city and printed in your bulletin.

Kehila in a minute and a half

A short film: the morning list, the Hebrew calendar, Shabbat, receipts, campaigns and the rest of the office.

What Kehila could look like for you

Open a sample synagogue or Chabad house and look around the way its rabbi would: the families, this week's yahrzeits, the gifts, the campaigns and the calendar.

The families and the numbers are made up, and the two demo communities are in Montréal, so their amounts are in Canadian dollars; yours will be in US dollars. Look around freely: nothing can be changed.

Synagogue

Congrégation Beth Shalom

41 families, a daily minyan, membership dues, the Yom Kippur appeal and a new Sefer Torah.

How Kehila helps them

Every yahrzeit on the right Hebrew date, with the families to call this week.
The aliyot pledged on Yom Kippur: who has paid and who still owes.
Dues, Kiddush sponsors, the Shabbat bulletin and tax receipts, without spreadsheets.

Chabad house

Beit Chabad Or Lev

30 families and students, a Shabbat dinner every Friday, no membership fees, and a building fund.

How Kehila helps them

First-time gifts and new families on the rabbi's list each morning, so nobody goes without a thank-you call.
A Chanukah matching campaign with its running total, and building-fund pledges paid over time.
Shabbat times, the menorah lighting and Purim on the right dates, on its own website.

A week at the office

What Kehila takes off the office's plate, day by day.

Sunday
The bulletin is already drafted.
Parsha, candle lighting, the kiddush sponsors, mazal tovs and this week's yahrzeits are in place. The rabbi adds a few words, then prints it or schedules it.
Monday
Last week's checks, in ten minutes.
Type them in a row and print the deposit slip. Cash and Zelle gifts go in the same way, and each family's giving history is up to date.
Tuesday
Who to call this week.
Every yahrzeit in the next fourteen days, with the Hebrew date, the relationship and a phone number. The Kaddish list is ready to print.
Wednesday
Receipts that hold up.
Tax receipts numbered in sequence, with the IRS statement on goods and services. A correction voids the old receipt and keeps it; nothing is ever deleted.
Thursday
Kiddush is spoken for.
Members choose an open Shabbat on the sponsorship page and pay online. Their dedication goes into the bulletin by itself.
Friday
Closed for Shabbat.
Online giving pauses at candle lighting, and anything automatic waits until havdalah.

Tax receipts the way the IRS expects them

Your organization's name, address and EIN, the date and amount of each gift, and the required statement on goods or services.
When a donor gets something back, like a dinner or a ticket, its fair value and the deductible amount are worked out for you.
Each receipt is a PDF you can print or download. Emailing it with the thank-you note comes once email is set up.
Year-end receipts for everyone in one batch, and a spreadsheet for your accountant.

Specimen

Donation acknowledgment

Acknowledgment no.: 2026-000142
Received: October 6, 2026
Contribution: $500.00
Goods or services (dinner): − $120.00

Tax-deductible amount: $380.00

EIN 12-3456789

What it doesn't do yet

Email newsletters. They come once your synagogue has its own sending address.

We'd rather say so than pretend.

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Your community's records are stored securely in Canada (Montréal), encrypted, and each synagogue only ever sees its own.

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