Bar Mitzvah

The jewish ritual of bar mitzvah.

Bar mitzvah.

Here is what you might expect at a bar mitzvah celebration but bear in mind that many elements of the celebration are flexible. The history of the bar mitzvah dates back to a fifth century rabbinic text references a blessing still part of a traditional bar mitzvah recited by the father thanking god for freeing him from responsibility for the deeds of his child who is now accountable for his own actions. According to jewish law when a jewish boy is 13 years old he becomes. Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah bar mitzvah literally means son of the commandment bar is son in aramaic which used to be the vernacular of the jewish people.

B nos mitzvah for girls. Mitzvah is commandment in both hebrew and aramaic. The word mitzvah is hebrew for commandment the term bar mitzvah refers to two things. Bar 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. ב ר מ צ ו ה is a jewish coming of age ritual for boys whereas bat mitzvah hebrew. Bar mitzvah also spelled bar mitzva or mitzwa hebrew. Son of the commandment plural bar mitzvahs bar mitzvot or bar mitzwot jewish religious ritual and family celebration commemorating the religious adulthood of a boy on his 13th birthday.

Bar mitzvah literally translates as son of commandment the word bar means son in aramaic which was the commonly spoken vernacular language of the jewish people and much of the middle east from around 500 b c e. Bas mitzveh is the equivalent for girls the plural is b nai mitzvah for boys and b not mitzvah ashkenazi pronunciation.