a bar mitzvah is the celebration of a Jewish boy becoming a man. there for he lights candle's to show that. p.s im not Jewish my friend is.
There is no specific tradition of lighting candles at a bat mitzvah ceremony. In fact, if the ceremony is held on a Saturday, candles cannot be lit because it is Shabbat.
A candle lighting ceremony isn't a traditional part of a bat mitzvah service so there's no established rule regarding who participates. If you can't decide on what order to invite people up to participate, try discussing it with your rabbi for his or her input.
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Apart from moths and flying insects, the lighting of a candle does not draw anything, though there may be some symbolic meaning to lighting a candle.
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For babies, if they are boys, they have a Bris Milah. For girls they have a Zevad habat. In Chassidim, boys have their first haircut, which is called an Upsherin. Girls have their first Sabbath Candle lighting. When boys turn 13, they make their Bar Mitzvah. Girls have Bat Mitzvah, when they are 12.
One could dress formally, but there are no specific requirements concerning this.
Instead of calling up 12 relatives (or groups) and then the kid guests for #13, try to make there be more people for each candle. Also, instead of saying a long poem for each one, summarize the experiences in a few lines. Have the photographer ready to take the picture of the bar/bat mitzvah with the relatives while they are lighting the candles, not afterward.
A candle lighting ceremony occurs every year at the JS prom. The significance of this is that it symbolizes the handing over of responsibility from the seniors to the juniors.
Havdalah is the ceremony which marks the end of the Sabbath or a holiday. The ceremony always includes a prayer and the drinking of a cup of wine. At the end of the Sabbath, a blessing is also said on smelling spices or a fragrant plant, and on a candle. You can have a havdalah B'nai Mitzvah service.
Unity candles are used at weddings as a symbolic representation of the joining of two individuals and families. Typically, the candle lighting ceremony involves the bride and groom each taking a lit candle and simultaneously lighting a larger central candle together. This act signifies the coming together of their lives and the creation of a new family.
In a JS Prom, the candle lighting ceremony symbolizes unity, friendship, and the passing of wisdom from upperclassmen to underclassmen. Each candle represents a different virtue or aspiration, and as each member of the court lights their candle, they are pledging to uphold those values throughout their school community.