Be-Ha'alotkha FYI: Your son was born on 11 Sivan 5767
7/15/20
Your birthday Torah portion is the weekly Torah-parsha (Torah-reading) which occurs on the first Shabbat after (or on) your birthday. Usually we calculate this on the birthday of your bar mitzva year, not the year you were born.
1. Torah 2. Haftorah 3. Speech on Torah portion
Naso is the longest Torah-portion, with 176 pesukim (verses). If we include combined Torah-portions, then Mattos-Mass'ei is the longest, with 244 pesukim.
The Hebrew calendar has all the information you need.
There are many details associated with a bar or bat mitzvah, but here are three:A bar mitzvah is a coming of age celebration, observed when a boy turns 13 (girls have a bat mitzvah at age 12 or 13).The boy is called to the Torah, either to read a portion, to say a blessings before and after a portion, or both.The bar mitzvah marks the occasion where the boy is fully responsible to fulfill all of the time-bound commandments that an adult must follow.
The first five books of the Tanakh comprise the Torah.
It was the 19th of Tishrei, making it the 5th day of the festival of Sukkot and Shabbat Hol Hamoed. The Torah portion is Exodus 33:12-23 and Exodus 34:1-26.
While some Jews read Torah at home, a surprising amount do not. However, there is a tradition which is kept by most Jews, it is called a Torah portion. The Torah portion is read weekely and is designed so the Torah can be read in 3 years, it also contains an additional read generally from the prophets. An example of a Torah portion is seen below, it is from this past Sabbath's reading.... Mishpatim: "Judgements" February 12/13 2010 - 29 Shvat 5770 Torah- Exd. 21:1 - 24:18 Halftarah- Jer. 34:8-22, 33:25-26
It is normally celebrated by the Bar Mitzvah boy (13 years old) is called up to read part or all of the weekly Torah portion in the synagogue. After that the family may chose to celebrate by having a party. For more info on Bar Mitzvah you can check out http://www.yourjewishspeech.com/bar-mitzvah
There was a time when the Jews were subjected to a persecution which included a decree that they not read from the Torah. In order that the weekly Torah readings not fall into disuse, the Sages instituted a custom to read a portion from the prophets that was a similar subject to each week's Torah reading.
Customarily, the young man is taught how to say the blessings for a Torah-reading, and is taught how to read a portion of the Torah or of the Prophets with the traditional chant.
Religious Jews don't call it that. We have a Bar Mitzva at 13 years old, when the young man reads a Torah portion or Haftarah (portion from the prophets).