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Bookmark or Share- Bar mitzvah | Definition & Facts | BritannicaBar mitzvah, Jewish religious ritual and family celebration commemorating the religious adulthood of a boy on his 13th birthday. The boy may henceforth don phylacteries during the weekday morning prayers and may be counted as an adult whenever 10 male adults are needed to form a quorum for public prayers.
- Bar and bat mitzvah - WikipediaA bar mitzvah (masc.) or bat mitzvah (fem.) is a coming-of-age ritual in Judaism. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their child's actions. Once Jewish children reach that age, they are said to "become" b'nai mitzvah, at which point they begin to be held accountable for their own actions.
- About Bar/Bat Mitzvah | My Jewish LearningThe term bar/bat mitzvah–which means “obligated to perform the Jewish mitzvot (commandments)”–reflects the child’s newfound capabilities and responsibilities. Although the ceremony that communally affirms the child’s coming of age is medieval in origin, there is evidence in rabbinic literature that the father may have recited a ...
- Bar Mitzvah: When It Is and How to Celebrate - Chabad.orgBar mitzvah is Hebrew for “son of commandment.” When a Jewish boy turns 13, he has all the rights and obligations of a Jewish adult, including the commandments of the Torah. From that date, he will wear tefillin on a daily basis, participate in synagogue services and take his place in the Jewish community.
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah - Jewish Virtual LibraryJewish Practices & Rituals: Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Jewish Practices & Rituals: Table of Contents | Marriage | Shabbat. BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH (Heb. masc. בַּר מִצְוָה, fem. בַּת מִצְוָה; lit. "son/daughter of the commandment," i.e., a person under obligation, responsible), term denoting both the attainment of religious and ...
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