NEXT Sukkot Rules

Please see below for the official NEXT Sukkot Meal Grant Program Rules. Click Here to see the official NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules.

NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules

Below are the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules. Please be advised that registration will close once the NEXT Sukkot Program has 300 total registrations from both the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program and the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program.

HOSTING ELIGIBILITY
To host a NEXT Sukkot Meal, you must be a Taglit-Birthright Israel alumnus or former bus-staff (madrich or madricha) and a legal resident of the United States or Canada. Current employees of Taglit-Birthright Israel, Birthright Israel Foundation, and Birthright Israel North America are also eligible to host NEXT Sukkot Meals. Current employees of NEXT, as well as their immediate family members are not eligible to host NEXT Sukkot Meals.

MEAL REGISTRATION & PAYMENT PROCESS
You must register your meal no later than Friday October 5, 2012 at 11: 59 pm EST. However, be sure to register as soon as possible because registration will close once the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program has 300 total registrations from both the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program and the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program. You may only register for and host one (1) NEXT Sukkot Meal or register for one (1) NEXT Sukkot Building Grant.

If you register for a NEXT Sukkot Meal, your meal must take place sometime between sundown on Sunday, September 30, 2012 through sundown on Tuesday, October 9th, 2012. Please be advised, if you register to host a NEXT Sukkot Meal, you will NOT be eligible to host a NEXT Shabbat Meal the weekend of October 5, 2012 nor will you be eligible to receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant. If you registered for a NEXT Shabbat meal or a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant prior to registering for a NEXT Sukkot Meal, you must choose which one of the programs you would like to participate in.

NEXT will pay twelve dollars ($12) per person for at least five (5) people (over the age of 18) who attend your NEXT Sukkot Meal and up to a maximum of sixteen (16) people in attendance at your meal, including the host. You may have more than sixteen (16) people in attendance at your NEXT Sukkot Meal, but NEXT’s maximum payment will be capped at sixteen (16) people. NEXT Sukkot is about creating communities of young adults and therefore the majority of your guests must be made up of peers. Family members may attend but can may only comprise up to twenty five percent (25%) of your guests.

Steps to register and receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant:

Register here for your grant.
After you register you will be able to access your personal Host Center on our website.
An optional invitation tool is provided upon completing your registration which will help you to invite your guests.
You may reschedule or cancel your meal date at anytime before Friday, October 5th, 2012, 11:59 pm EST, by logging into the Host Center. Be sure to reschedule a meal at least a day before hosting it on a date for which you have not registered. In the event that you hold a meal on a date which is not the date for which you registered your meal, you will be ineligible to receive payment.
If you decide to change your NEXT Sukkot Meal to a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, you must also change the date and grant type by Friday October 5, 2012, 11:59 pm EST. Change requests submitted after this date/time will not be processed. In the event that you change your NEXT Sukkot Meal into a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, you will become subject to all the rules associated with the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program, as noted below.

Steps required to receive payment:

Be sure you print out your NEXT Sukkot Meal sign with your unique NEXT Sukkot Meal number before your meal. This can be found in your confirmation e-mail and in your Host Center Profile. Each meal is assigned a unique NEXT Sukkot Meal number, so be sure to use the specific number provided for your meal. If you cannot print out your NEXT Sukkot Meal sign before your meal, signs displayed via Laptop Screens, I-Pads, or Tablets with the sign clearly loaded across the entire screen and with the number clearly visible, are also allowed.
Take one picture that includes ALL of your guests (one excluded as photographer, but included for purposes of calculating the number of attending guests), your meal, and the NEXT Sukkot Meal sign which was made available to you. Be sure to include all guests in the photo, as you will only receive payment for these guests (plus the photographer). Your NEXT Sukkot Meal sign and sign number must be visible and clear in the photo. Please also remember to collect and save your guests’ contact information (first name, last name, e-mail address or phone number) as this information will be requested during the submission of materials stage at the conclusion of your meal.
1. If it is your practice to not take pictures on the first and last two nights of Sukkot and you plan to host your meal on one of those days, you must, instead, take a photo of your Sukkot preparations (e.g. ample food preparations), your set table with place settings and your NEXT Sukkot Meal sign. Place settings and preparations must correspond with the number of people you are claiming payment for or else your meal will be deemed ineligible. You must also provide us with the names and email addresses or phone numbers of each guest for whom you wish to receive payment, as all hosts are required to do. There will be a designated space in the payment process for you to include this information—make sure to have the names and emails/phone numbers ready when requesting payment!
  1. NOTE: Photos of meal preparations shall only be accepted as substitutes for photos of guests on the first and last two nights of Sukkot.
2. Photos submitted without NEXT Sukkot Meal signs, with user-created NEXT Sukkot Meal signs, with NEXT Sukkot Meal numbers not clearly visible, or with NEXT Sukkot Meal signs which have been digitally altered or added to the photo, will result in your ineligibility for payment.
3. Photos submitted that DO NOT include either all guests at your meal OR the number of guests that you wish to claim payment for (e.g. table settings for all guests, ample food preparations) will result in your ineligibility for payment.
Please remember to save all of your receipts, as NEXT reserves the right to review your receipts, at its sole discretion, in order to verify aspects of your meal.
Following your meal, you will receive an email prompting you to visit your Host Center. You may log in to your Host Center prior to receiving this email if you are ready to submit your materials.
At your Host Center, you will begin the payment process which will include submitting your guest contact information (first name, last name, e-mail address and/or phone number), a Feedback Form, and uploading your photo(s). Guest contact information, Feedback Forms, and photos must be submitted in order to be eligible for payment.
You must complete and submit your Feedback Form and photo(s) within two (2) weeks of your NEXT Sukkot meal.

You can expect to receive a check via mail within six (6) weeks of submitting your Feedback Form and photo(s). Please allow for slight variations in this time frame in order to accommodate for delays which may be caused by a high volume of meals. In the event that you have any concerns about your payment, please contact us at holidays@birthrightisraelnext.org.

MEAL GUIDELINES
NEXT encourages you to be fun and creative with your NEXT Sukkot Meal. At the same time, please be sure to observe the following meal guidelines in order to ensure your eligibility for participation in the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program.

Meals may NOT be combined or co-hosted with another alumni host who has registered for another NEXT Sukkot Meal or for a NEXT Shabbat (i.e., alumni may not individually register for meals and then combine their NEXT Sukkot Meal or NEXT Shabbat funds).
Meals may NOT be held in a household where another NEXT Sukkot Meal or NEXT Shabbat is being hosted in the same holiday period, or where a Sukkah is being built with funds received from a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant (e.g., if you have a roommate who hosted a NEXT Sukkot meal on Tuesday, October 2, you cannot host a NEXT Sukkot Meal or NEXT Shabbat in the same apartment on Sunday, October 7).
Meals may be hosted inside of a Sukkah, but NOT inside of a Sukkah built with funds received from a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant.
Meals may NOT be potlucks.
Meals may NOT be held in a commercial venue (e.g., restaurant, bar, office, etc.) – NEXT Sukkot is intended to promote home-based experiences.
Meals may NOT be held in any company’s or organization's work/meeting space without pre-approval by NEXT.
Meals may NOT be held, and NEXT Sukkot Meal funding may NOT be used, in conjunction with or co-sponsored with any company’s or organization’s programming, or for purposes of enabling such company’s or organization’s programming (e.g., you cannot host a NEXT Sukkot Meal in order to raise money for an organization; you cannot use NEXT Sukkot funds to help fund an organization’s Sukkot programming or run a co-sponsored Sukkot program).

These NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules and all additional terms and conditions of the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program, including the NEXT Meal Program Waiver, are subject to change with written notice. Any and all such changes shall be at NEXT's sole discretion. Please reference the NEXT Sukkot Website for the most up-do-date set of NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules. The NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules which will be applied to your NEXT Sukkot Meal will be those on the NEXT Sukkot Website at the time of your meal, and not at the time of your registration. You are free to cancel your NEXT Sukkot Meal should you choose not to adhere to the new terms and conditions contained in any updated set of NEXT Sukkot Meal Program Rules.

NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules

Below are the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules. Please be advised that registration will close once the NEXT Sukkot program has 300 total registrations from both the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program and the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program.

The intention of the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program is to enable Taglit-Birthright Israel alumni to celebrate Sukkot with their peers. As such, in addition to celebrating Sukkot with them, we ask that you include your peers in the Sukkot construction process and in the celebrations you have in your completed Sukkah. By signing up for this opportunity, you are accepting our support in the form of funding to help you build a Sukkah and you should utilize this grant funding for its intended purpose.

GRANT ELIGIBILITY

To receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, you must be a Taglit-Birthright Israel alumnus or former bus-staff (madrich or madricha) and a legal resident of the United States or Canada. Current employees of Taglit-Birthright Israel, Birthright Israel Foundation, and Birthright Israel North America are also eligible to receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant. Current employees of NEXT, as well as their immediate family members are not eligible to receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant.

GRANT REGISTRATION & PAYMENT PROCESS

You must register for a Sukkot Building Grant no later than Friday October 5, 2012 at 11: 59 p.m. EST. However, registration will close once the NEXT Sukkot Program has 300 total registrations from both the NEXT Sukkot Building Program and the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program. In order to be eligible for reimbursement, your Sukkah construction materials must be purchased before Monday, October 8th, 2012 (as based on the information contained in your submitted receipts).

Please be advised, if you receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, you will NOT be eligible to host a NEXT Shabbat meal the weekend of October 5, 2012 nor are you eligible to host a NEXT Sukkot Meal. If you registered for a NEXT Shabbat grant or NEXT Sukkot Meal grant prior to registering for a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, you must select one grant.

NEXT will pay up to two hundred dollars ($200), based on actual expenses, for building materials associated with the construction of your Sukkah. For example, if your materials cost $150, you will be eligible to receive $150; if your materials cost $250, you will be eligible to receive $200. While we expect you to utilize your Sukkah for Sukkot celebrations, grant money may ONLY be used to purchase building materials and decorations, and may not be used toward food, beverages, tableware or silverware, or other non-building/non-decorative purchases. You will be required to submit your receipts during the payment process.

Steps to register and receive a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant:

Register here for your grant.
After you register you will be able to access your own personal Host Center on our website.
If you decide to change your NEXT Sukkot Building Grant to a NEXT Sukkot Meal grant, you must change the date and grant type by October 5th, 2012, 11:59 pm EST. Change requests submitted after October 5th, 2012, 11:59 pm EST, will not be processed. In the event that you change your NEXT Sukkot Building Grant into a NEXT Sukkot Meal grant, you will become subject to all the rules associated with the NEXT Sukkot Meal Program, as noted in the above section.

Steps required to receive payment:

Be sure you print out your NEXT Sukkot Building sign with your unique NEXT Sukkot Building number. This can be found in your confirmation e-mail and in your Host Center Profile. Each grant recipient is assigned a NEXT Sukkot Building number, so be sure to use the specific number provided for your grant.
To receive payment, you are required to take one (1) photo of your fully constructed Sukkah with at least five (5) guests (over the age of 18, and one excluded as photographer) and your NEXT Sukkot Building sign (Your NEXT Sukkot Building sign and sign number must be visible and clear in the photo). This photo should be taken while decorating your Sukkah and/or celebrating in it. Please note that the photo must include your constructed Sukkah rather than Sukkah construction or just construction materials. Photos of unconstructed Sukkahs or building materials will not be accepted.
1. We also ask that you submit additional photos of your Sukkah in use throughout the holiday (e.g. decorating your Sukkah, a meal and/or party hosted in the Sukkah, set table in the Sukkah — surprise us!).
2. Photos submitted without NEXT Sukkot Building signs, with user-created NEXT Sukkot Building signs, with NEXT Sukkot Building signs where the number is not visible, or with NEXT Sukkot Building signs which have been digitally altered or added to the photo, will result in your ineligibility for payment.
Please remember to save all of your receipts, as you will be required to submit them.
Following Sukkot, you will receive an email prompting you to visit your Host Center. You may log in to your Host Center prior to receiving this email if you are ready to submit your materials.
At your Host Center, you will begin the payment process which will include submitting a Feedback Form and uploading your photo(s). Feedback Forms and photos must be submitted in order to be eligible for payment.
1. You must complete and submit your Feedback Form and photo(s) within two (2) weeks of Sukkot (by October 23).
You can expect to receive a check via mail within six (6) weeks of submitting your Feedback Form and photo(s). Please allow for slight variations in this time frame to accommodate for delays which may be caused by a high volume of Sukkot meals and Sukkah grants. In the event that you have any concerns about your payment, please contact us at holidays@birthrightisraelnext.org.

NEXT SUKKOT BUILDING GUIDELINES

Sukkahs must be built in either the United States or Canada.
Celebrations may NOT be combined or co-hosted with another alumni host who is utilizing a NEXT Sukkot Building Grant, the NEXT Sukkot Meal grant, or a NEXT Shabbat grant (i.e., alumni may not individually register for a NEXT Sukkot Meal grant or a NEXT Shabbat grant and then host in a Sukkah built with a NEXT Sukkot Building grant nor can two alumni combine their Sukkah grants to build a larger Sukkah.).
Sukkot may NOT be constructed in conjunction with any organization (e.g., political, non-profit, etc.) and may NOT be built on any organization's work/meeting property.
Celebrations may NOT be held, and NEXT Sukkot Building funds may NOT be used, in conjunction with or co-sponsored with any company’s or organization’s programming, or for purposes of enabling such company’s or organization’s programming (e.g., you cannot use a NEXT Sukkot Building grant to build a Sukkah which would raise money for an organization; you cannot use a NEXT Sukkot Building grant to help fund an organization’s Sukkot programming or run a co-sponsored Sukkot program).

These NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules and all additional terms and conditions of the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program, including the NEXT Building Grant Program Waiver, are subject to change with written notice. Any and all such changes shall be at NEXT's sole discretion. Please reference the NEXT Sukkot Website for the most up-do-date set of NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules. The NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules which will be applied to your NEXT Sukkot Building Grant will be those on the NEXT Sukkot Website at the time of your participation, and not at the time of your registration. You are free to cancel your participation in the NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program should you choose not to adhere to the new terms and conditions contained in any updated set of NEXT Sukkot Building Grant Program Rules.