To become bar or bat mitzvah is to accept the mitzvos upon oneself - not to have a party. When a boy turns thirteen or a girl twelve, they become adults in the sense that they are required to observe the mitzvos, although they are not totally legally independent for another six months.
Men are chayyav, or obligated, in more mitzvos than women, as women are exempt from time-bound commandments as well as some others. This may be one reason that people celebrate a bar mitzvah more than a bas mitzvah.
It may also have something to do with tznius (we would rather not have our daughters in the public eye).
Yes, it is when a Jewish boy takes on the religious responsibilities of an adult.
Yes, it is when a Jewish boy takes on the religious responsibilities of an adult.
Bar Mitzvah gifts are not important at all. They serve to show the boy that he is loved (or girl, if it's a bat mitzvah), but they are optional.
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.
At age 13, a Bar Mitzvah boy becomes a man in the religious sense.
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
You can ask a photographer or make it yourself using Word powerpoint. You can search Factoidz for "bar mitzvah" for more ways of making a bar mitzvah celebration special.
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
It is a tradition in the Jewish Religion. :)
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.
It is where the Bar Mitzvah ceremony takes place.
A boy has his Bar Mitzvah at age 13.