The Ceremony

Use this comprehensive overview as a starting point for your ceremony preparations.

Discover everything you need to know about being called up to the Torah. Videos, a step-by-step guide, and our interactive Blessing Trainer will help you prepare.

Use this interactive tool to learn to chant the Torah at synagogue. Select any Torah portion or Haftarah.

Who will you honor at your ceremony? There are many opportunities.

Learn what a Mitzvah Project involves and find some practical suggestions.

Aside from the lavish parties, there are many ways we can infuse this milestone with relevance.

Explore each part of the synagogue with this user-friendly wizard.

Who invented the synagogue? Will it ever go virtual? Answers to all your synagogue related queries.

A selection of audio and video features about the synagogue, prayer, Torah scrolls, kaddish, and more.

The bar mitzvah ceremony celebrates a Jewish boy’s 13th birthday (on the Hebrew calendar) and his elevation to adult status in Judaism.