It could be called a "DVAR TO-rah" ... a 'word of Torah'. It might be called a "DROSH" ... a 'commentary'. I guess you could call it a 'sermon' although I've never heard that. Most often, especially in the US, it's most comonly referred to as a "SPEECH".
It's the most important day of a Jewish boy's life.
It's called a Bat Mitzvah.
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The correct spelling is "bar mitzvah" (Jewish rite of adulthood). In some US style guides (but not most) it is capitalized Bar Mitzvah. The corresponding term for a female is "bat mitzvah."
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.
We have a special celebration when we turn 13 it's called a Bar mitzvah
A bar mitzvah meal is not a religiously prescribed meal such as the seder which is part of Passover, however, a bar mitzvah generally does include a party, so people do indulge in a feast of some kind.
It is where the Bar Mitzvah ceremony takes place.
A boy has his Bar Mitzvah at age 13.
The only text that's uniquely associated with a bar mitzvah celebration is a brief blessing recited by the father of the bar mitzvah boy. It's actually available in two forms. Depending on the father's confidence in his ability to read Hebrew, he can select the short form of the blessing, which consists of five words, or the long form, which runs to nine words. Anything else that you might hear pronounced or recited exclusively at a service where a bar mitzvah is celebrated will be a modern innovation, added in recent times in order to spiff it up and make it seem more unusual and special. Except for the father's brief blessing, there are no special prayers "required" at the bar mitzvah service.
Yes, the boy is called 'a/the bar mitzvah' which translates as 'son of mitzvah'. For a girl, it would be 'a/the bat mitzvah' 'daughter of mitzvah'.
The Jewish ritual of manhood is two words bar mitzvah(may be capitalized by style).The equivalent for a female is bat mitzvah.
The key player in the Bar Mitzvah boy is the 13 year old Jewish boy, his family and friends are invited to join in the celebration. For more info on Bar Mitzvah check out http://www.yourjewishspeech.com/bar-mitzvah
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