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A Bat Mitzvah celebration is a celebration for Jewish women who are celebrating their coming of age and religious as well as spiritual maturity. It is basically identical to the celebration that occurs when young Jewish men celebrate becoming a Bar Mitzvah. There are several important parts to the celebration, and they occur at a very... more »
When a Jewish boy or girl turns 13, he or she is considered a member of the adult population and must abide by the Commandments. To honor this occasion, the child will have a Bar Mitzvah (for boys) or a Bat Mitzvah (for girls), where the child will participate in several rituals to honor his or her passing into adulthood. It's... more »
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A Jewish boy's passage into adulthood is celebrated on his 13th birthday with his Bar Mitzvah. Invited guests are welcomed into the synagogue to... more »
A Jewish boy's Bar Mitzvah signifies his passage into Jewish adulthood. The Bar Mitzvah is both a service and celebration that involves invited... more »
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In the Jewish religion, when a boy turns 13, he becomes an adult and must obey the commandments of the Jewish bible. Bar Mitzvahs (and Bat... more »
A Bar Mitzvah is one of the most important events in the life of a Jewish person. The religious-social ceremony marks the coming of age of a... more »
In Judaism, a Bar Mitzvah is a boy, and a Bat Mitzvah a girl, who has gone through what is in some respects a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony. The terms also commonly refer to the ceremony itself, which normally takes place when the child has turned 13 (for a girl in the Orthodox movement, 12).
* Bar Mitzvah (pl. Bnai Mitzvah) comes from the Aramaic: בר מצוה, "one (m.) to whom the commandments apply". (If it were Hebrew it would be בן (ben) not בר (bar). בר is "son" in Aramaic, and בן (ben) is son in Hebrew.).
* Bat Mitzvah ((pl. Bnot Mitzvah) is בת מצוה, "one (f.) to whom the commandments apply" (Ashkenazi: Bas Mitzvah).
There is a common misconception that the Bar Mitzvah ceremony causes a change in status from youth to adulthood. The rights and responsibilities vest solely because of age; the Bar Mitzvah ceremony is typically an ordinary Sabbath service, in which the boy or girl participates for the first time as an adult.
According to Jewish law, when Jewish children reach the age of majority (generally thirteen years for boys and twelve for girls) they become responsible for their actions, and "become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah". In many Conservative and Reform synagogues, girls celebrate their Bat Mitzvahs at age 13, along with boys. This also coincides with physical puberty.Niddah, 45b. Prior to this, the childs parents hold the responsibility for the childs adherence to Jewish law and tradition and, after this age, children bear their own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, tradition, and ethics and are privileged to participate in all areas of Jewish community life.Traditionally, the father of the Bar Mitzvah boy gives thanks to God that he is no longer punished for the childs sins. (Genesis Rabba, Toldot 23:11)
In modern Jewish observance, the occasion of becoming a Bar Mitzvah or (in non-Orthodox congregations) a Bat Mitzvah usually involves the young man or woman being called to read the Torah and/or Haftarah portion at a S read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar+and+Bat+Mitzvah
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