A bar mitzvah is the ceremony marking a Jewish boy's coming of age. Have a bar mitzvah.
It happens at thirteen, and the boy reads from the Torah in front of the congregation. Strictly a bar mitzvah is what he becomes rather than the party afterwards.
1nounbar mitzvahThe ceremony marking a Jewish boy's coming of age.
“He practised his portion for the bar mitzvah for six months.”
bar mitzvah is a ceremony.
Hebrew for son of the commandment, meaning one now answerable for keeping it; the equivalent for a girl is a bat mitzvah.
From Hebrew - בר מצווה.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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