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When do Jewish boys acquire their tallit--at the Bar Mitzvah?
By Menachem Posner
The answer to this question really varies depending on your ancestry and/or community custom. Allow me to share some information...
Jewish Practice » Tallit and Tzitzit » In Depth » When do Jewish boys acquire their tallit--at the Bar Mitzvah?
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When do I celebrate my birthday in a leap year?
By Eliezer Posner
Question: I was born in the month of Adar during a non-leap year. This year, a leap year, there are two Adars, so when do I celebrate my birthday? Answer: You are lucky—you get to celebrate your birthday twice this year! You celebrate your birthday both ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Details » When do I celebrate my birthday in a leap year?
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The Bar Mitzvah
Religious Maturity
A boy attains his religious maturity and becomes responsible to fulfill all Torah commandments at the age of thirteen; this milestone is traditionally celebrated with a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Video » The Deed » The Bar Mitzvah
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What is the Origin of the Bar Mitzvah celebration?
By Baruch S. Davidson
When did Jews start celebrating Bar-Mitzvahs?
Lifecycles » Bar & Bat Mitzvah » Insights » What is the Origin of the Bar Mitzvah celebration?
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Can a Bar/Bat Mitzvah be postponed or advanced?
By Chani Benjaminson
Question: My son is turning thirteen in January of next year. My daughter will become twelve two months later. We would like to have a joint celebration for their bar and bat mitzvah. Can either my son's bar mitzvah be delayed, or can my daughter's bat ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Details » Can a Bar/Bat Mitzvah be postponed or advanced?
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Celebrating Without a Father
A Haifa Youth Mourns Parent While Called to the Torah
By Andrew Friedman
It certainly wasn’t the special day 13-year-old Nadav Elharar had in mind for his bar mitzvah.
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » Crisis in the Holy Land » Updates From the Front » Celebrating Without a Father
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Baruch's Bar Mitzvah
By Sara Rosenfeld
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.
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Special Children » Baruch's Bar Mitzvah
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An Unreasonable Source
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Why would an irrational, irresponsible and legally questionable act serve as the precedent by which to measure reasonability and legal responsibility?
Parshah » Bereishit - Genesis » Vayishlach » Chassidic Masters » An Unreasonable Source
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Customs Related To A Bar Mitzvah
By Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson; Translated by Eliyahu Touger
(Taken From Sefer HaMinhagim (English translation) p. 173) 1. One should endeavor to arrange that a bar-mitzvah should be called to the Reading of the Torah for his first aliyah on a Monday or Thursday morning, or at Minchah on Shabbos. A ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Isa B'Midrash Tehillim » Customs Related To A Bar Mitzvah
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Chaim's Bar Mitzvah
By Yossy Goldman
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"...)
Society & Living » Voices » Endurance » Chaim's Bar Mitzvah
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