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Bar Mitzvah In Depth
Essays and Insights on Reaching Jewish Adulthood
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How can a 12 or 13 year old be considered an adult? What suddenly happens at age 12/13?
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Why does Judaism consider a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl to be full-fledged adults? What is there to be gained from blatantly disregarding reality?
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"You get a comfortable salary, full health benefits, free day care and spa privileges, 31 days annual paid vacation. You have no duties and responsibilities -- you don't even have to come to work." Would you want this job?
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Is there any lasting value to this year of study, of running to synagogue for lessons, of nerves and anxiety? The success of a bar mitzvah should really be judged by the value added to a young man’s life.
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During a bar mitzvah ceremony, do you ponder upon those last lead-up weeks that the (still rather little) boy has just been through?
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It is my Bar Mitzvah this week. I was told this means I am becoming a man. My mother doesn't think so. So, who's right?
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Sagacious advice given to a son on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah.
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Myth: A bar mitzvah is an event. Fact: A bar mitzvah is a person. Thirteen bat mitzvah myths uncovered and explained.
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When did Jews start celebrating Bar-Mitzvahs?
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I've heard that studying the Torah portion that was read on the week of your birth can give you insight into your life. Is there any weight to this?
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My sons both have the same portion. Can they read it together?
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The Knowing I
Why do we become a bar mitzvah at adolescence? Because something dramatic happens to our minds at this time: A sort of awakening, a consciousness, a realization that "I exist"
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Why would an irrational, irresponsible and legally questionable act serve as the precedent by which to measure reasonability and legal responsibility?
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Calculating the bar mitzvah date, the privileges and responsibilities of the bar mitzvah boy, and laws and customs associated with the bar mitzvah celebration.
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Chaim was born 13 years ago, a healthy child to healthy parents. Then one day, out of the blue, Chaim contracted a "virus" (funny, how when they don't know what it is, they call it a "virus"...)
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As his 13th birthday loomed closer, my husband and I began to discuss what we should do. At first we thought nothing at all. How could we ‘celebrate’ a ‘Bar Mitzvah’ that wasn’t? But then we realized that there was much that we did need to celebrate.
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