Pronounced: bar MITZ-vuh, also bar meetz-VAH, Origin: Hebrew, Jewish rite of passage for a 13-year-old boy.
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History of Bar Mitzvah
Originally bar mitzvah meant simply "coming of age." The ceremony developed much later.
Delaying Bar Mitzvah Till Age 25
I run a pretty rockin’ Bar (or Bat) Mitzvah service. I’ve officiated at several hundred of these events. I’ve been ...