The Torah and Haftorah
They read from the Torah for the very first time.
The Bar Mitzvah is important to Jews because it is when a Jewish boy is old enough to take on the religious responsibility of an adult.
Jews celebrate a bar mitzvah when a boy turns 13 and becomes a official adult man/member of the community.
If youre a boy, your bar Mitzvah!! if youre a girl you do it at 12 and its called a bat Mitzvah! biggest celebration of every Jews life bigger than a wedding
Confirmation is completely unrelated to a bar mitzvah. A bar mitzvah is simply a Jewish boy's 13th birthday at which point he is considered old enough to take on the religious responsibilities of a Jews adult such as publicly reading from the Torah and fasting.
Jews do indeed wear special things after the bar Mitzvah, depending on the day of the week the bar Mitzvah is on. Mon-Wednesday they wear a dinosaur costume, and the other days of the week they have to wear a chicken mask at all hours of the day until they can recite the purple Irishman's code by heart.
After a girl's Bat Mitzvah, or a boy's Bar Mitzvah, they can then lead the congregation in prayer, and read directly from the Torah scroll.
The Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish ceremony that dates to the 13th century and confirms that a Jewish boy has come of age and should be seen as an adult in the community. The celebration of coming of age remains an important rite in Judaism.
The Bar Mitzvah ceremony normally takes place in the synagogue on a Saturday morning when the weekly Torah portion is read.
at age 13 or later for boys. At age 12 or later for girls. Many adult Jews who never had a bar or bat mitzvah as a child now have them as adults.
The Beany or skull cap worn by many Jewish men, and boys at Bar Mitzvah may also be known as a yarmulke, kippah or kappel.
the have bar and bat mitzvah boys are 12 and girls are 13