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Bar
Mitzvah
Literally:
son
of the commandment. A
Jewish
ceremony for a 13-year-old boy, which marks his becoming a full adult member of the Jewish community
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Bat Mitzvah
Literally:
daughter
of the
commandment.
Liberal Jewish coming of age ceremony for 12 year-old girls
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies are significant because they are seen as the time of coming of
age
, when a
child
becomes an adult
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After these ceremonies
Jewish boys
or girls become responsible for living according to
Jewish Law
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At this point, each
young person
has to accept the law and its obligations, participate fully in services at the
synagogue
and set a good example for others
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After the Bar
Mitzvah
ceremony, a Jewish boy can be counted as part of a
minyan
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In Reform synagogues girls who are Bat
Mitzvah
can also be
counted
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Bar Mitzvah ceremony
1. Boy reads from the
Torah
2. Boy puts on the
tefillin
for the first time
3.
Rabbi
gives a talk
4. Boy may give a talk
5. Boy's
father
recites a prayer of
thanks
6. Boy receives
gifts
7.
Celebratory
meal
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Bat Mitzvah ceremony
1. Girl may read from the
Torah
or read a
prayer
from the Siddur
2. Follows a similar pattern to the
Bar Mitzvah
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Traditionally, within Judaism, males and
females
are not thought to have the same
responsibilities
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As a result, in some Jewish communities, some rules (such as the requirement to read from the
Torah
) are less strict for
girls
than they are for boys
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Bat Chayil
A Jewish initiation ceremony for girls in
Orthodox
communities that takes place at the age of
12
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Bat Chayil
marks a
girl's
passage into an adult role in her religious community
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After the Bat
Chayil
ceremony, she is expected to observe Jewish religious rules for women, and to spend time learning how to keep a
good home
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Around
13
years old
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