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2. Bar and bat mitzvah - Wikipedia

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   Thus, bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah literally translate to 'son of commandment' and 'daughter of commandment', respectively. However, in rabbinical usage, the word bar means 'under the category of' or 'subject to'. Bar mitzvah therefore translates to '[one] who is subject to the law'. Although the term is commonly used to refer to the ritual ...

3. Adult bar and bat mitzvah - Wikipedia

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   An adult bar/bat mitzvah is a bar or bat mitzvah of a person older than the customary age. Traditionally, a bar or bat mitzvah occurs at age 13 for boys and 12 for girls. Many adult Jews who have never had a bar or bat mitzvah, however, may choose to have one later in life, and many who have had one at the traditional age choose to have a second

4. Hebrew school - Wikipedia

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   One of the most important events to take place during Jewish education is the celebration of the Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Bar/Bat Mitzvah education begins in the 6th and 7th grade, when students are provided with an instructor – usually a rabbi or cantor – and begin studying their torah and haftorah portion [6] by learning to use cantillation ...

5. Local Jewish authors tell diverse bar/bat mitzvah stories in ...

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   Coinciding with the age 13, when most bar and bat mitzvahs occur, the 13 stories explore this Jewish rite of passage from diverse viewpoints. Coinciding with the age 13, when most bar and bat ...

6. Hava Nagila - Wikipedia

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   "Hava Nagila" is one of the first modern Jewish folk songs in the Hebrew language. It went on to become a staple of band performers at Jewish weddings and bar/bat(b'nei) mitzvah celebrations. The melody is based on a Hassidic Nigun. [1] It was composed in 1918 to celebrate the Balfour Declaration and the British victory over the Ottomans in 1917.

7. Mitzvah - Wikipedia

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   In its secondary meaning, the word mitzvah refers to a deed performed in order to fulfill such a commandment. As such, the term mitzvah has also come to express an individual act of human kindness in keeping with the law. The expression includes a sense of heartfelt sentiment beyond mere legal duty, as "you shall love your neighbor as yourself ...