What is the usual age for a Jewish boy to celebrate hi Bar Mitzvah?

Answer 1

The "bar mitzvah" is the person; it's not the synagogue service or the celebration or the party.

A Jewish male becomes a bar mitzvah when he turns 13, whether he knows it or not, and whether or not the occasion is celebrated in any way.

Similarly, a "bat mitzvah" is also a person ... not a synagogue service or a celebration or a party. A Jewish female becomes a bat mitzvah when she turns 12, whether she knows it or not, and whether or not the occasion is celebrated in any way.

A person who did not celebrate their bar mitzva in the customary way, may do so at any age from 13 years old and further.

Answer 2

A boy becomes a bar mitzvah on his 13th birthday.

Please note that many people incorrectly believe that it is the ceremony that makes a boy a bar mitzvah (son of the mitzvot). In truth, no ceremony is technically needed for the boy to now be required to fulfill the mitzvot; and the lavish ceremony that many people have these days to celebrate the bar mitzvah is a modern practice that didn't become popular until well into the 1900's. In the past, the boy would simply be called up to read from the Torah on his 13th birthday.

Answer 3

A Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah when he turns 13, whether he or his

family are even aware of it, and whether or not any of them decides to do

anything to recognize or celebrate it.

Answer 4

Well technically you mean 'man' not a 'child' because when a boy has a barmitzvah at 13 he automatically turns into a man.

Answer 5

Jewish boys have their Bar Mitzvahs at age 13.

Answer 6

A Jewish boy becomes bar mitzvah on his 13th birthday. Jewish girls become a bat mitzvah on their 12th birthday.

Answer 7

13 years old.

Answer 8

Age 13.