Bar mitzvah
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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Quiz

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

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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.

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Question 1 of 10
Which famous rabbi introduced the ceremony of confirmation to Jewish America?
Question 2 of 10
In the Book of Numbers, what age does God identify as an age of moral responsibility?
Question 3 of 10
Which of these is a pre-bar/bat mitzvah child allowed to do?
Question 4 of 10
What can parents do to help their child prepare for his/her bar/bat mitzvah?
Question 5 of 10
The bar mitzvah ceremony dates back to
Question 6 of 10
In some synagogues, normally after the completion of 10th grade religious school, what ceremony do teenagers participate in?
Question 7 of 10
When did the first bar mitzvah ceremonies occur?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: In Moroccan communities, the emphasis of the bar mitzvah is more about laying tefillin, and less about being called up to the Torah.
Question 9 of 10
True or false: Before the Middle Ages, a pre-bar mitzvah boy was permitted to receive an aliyah and to put on tefillin publicly.
Question 10 of 10
Which one of these statements is NOT true: The bat/bar mitzvah celebration marks the time when children are
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