Bar/Bat Mitzvah Quiz

How much do you know about this coming-of-age ceremony?

Traditionally, being a bar/bat mitzvah meant that one was obligated to fulfill the mitzvot, or commandments. Today, boys and girls may mark this event by leading services, reading from the Torah, or doing community service projects.

Question 1 of 10
True or false: Humanistic Judaism has its own bar and bat mitzvah rituals.
Question 2 of 10
Haftarah portions come from which set of books?
Question 3 of 10
The tradition of boys reading from the Torah at their bar mitzvah began in what century?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these is a pre-bar/bat mitzvah child allowed to do?
Question 5 of 10
According to the Mishnah, what is appropriate to begin at the age of 13?
Question 6 of 10
Is a bar or bat mitzvah ceremony required for every Jewish child?
Question 7 of 10
In some synagogues, normally after the completion of 10th grade religious school, what ceremony do teenagers participate in?
Question 8 of 10
What is the only ritual given in the Talmud pertaining to a bar mitzvah?
Question 9 of 10
Who had the first known public celebration of a bat mitzvah in the United States?
Question 10 of 10
Which of these is a bat mitzvah tradition among Chabad-Lubavitch families?

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