bar mizvah

bar mitz·vah or bar miz·vah (bär m

)

1. A 13-year-old Jewish boy, considered an adult and responsible for his moral and religious duties.

2. The ceremony that initiates and recognizes a boy as a bar mitzvah.

tr.v. bar mitz·vahed or bar miz·vahed, bar mitz·vah·ing or bar miz·vah·ing, bar mitz·vahs or bar miz·vahs

To confirm in the ceremony of bar mitzvah.

[Hebrew bar miwâ : Aramaic bar, son; see bn in Semitic roots + Hebrew miwâ, commandment; see mitzvah.]

Bar Mitzvah [bɑː ˈmɪtsvə] (sometimes not capitals) Judaism

adj

(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) (of a Jewish boy) having assumed full religious obligations, being at least thirteen years of age

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the occasion, ceremony, or celebration of that event

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) the boy himself on that day

[Hebrew: son of the law]

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Noun	1.	bar mitzvah - (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event" Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud induction, initiation, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"
Verb	1.	bar mitzvah - confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith covenant - enter into a covenant

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Bar Mitzvah bar mitzvah [bɑːˈmɪtsvə] N → Bar Mitzvah m

Bar Mitzvah

n (= ceremony) → Bar Mizwa nt; (= boy) Junge, der Bar Mizwa feiert

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barman covenant Inappropriateness induction initiation installation Judaism Pride	Rabbi Moshe Isserles (RAMO, authoritative 16th century Ashkenazic halakhic authority), in his note to the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim 55, writes that a boy born in the month of Adar in an ordinary year, and who reaches his thirteenth year in a leap-year, does not become Bar Mizvah until Adar Two. Vagaries of a Jewish leap year by Lewittes, Mendell / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought Do the people who clamor for it at bar mizvahs and weddings and other Jewish social functions know of what they are singing as they join in on its melting, lovely chorus? "Raisins and almonds" - Goldfaden's glory by Caplan, Marvin / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought A tannaitic source states that women, in theory, could count in the seven aliyot on Shabbat, meaning that they are eligible to read from the Torah, but, because of the "dignity of the congregation" (the same term used later in the Shulhan Arukh about an unbearded bar mizvah leading the prayers, noted above), they are not called to do so. Women and prayer: an attempt to dispel some fallacies by Hauptman, Judith / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought	baptized Baptizement Baptizer BAR bar absolute bar billiards bar bit bar chart bar chord bar code bar diagram bar exam bar examination bar fly bar girl bar graph Bar Harbor bar hop bar hopping Bar iron Bar Kochba bar line bar magnet bar mask bar mitzvah bar mizvah bar printer bar scale Bar shoe Bar shot bar sinister bar soap bar stool bar tin Bar tracery bar- bar-hopping bar-le-duc bar-room bar-room plant bar-shaped Bar. Bara Barabbas Baraca Baracaldo barachois Baracoa Barad baraesthesia Baraesthesiometer	Bar Kochba Bar Kochba Bar Kokba, Simon Bar Kokhba Bar Kokhba Bar Kol Bar Kosba Bar Kosba Bar le Duc Bar le Duc bar line bar lines bar linkage bar magnet bar magnet bar magnet bar mask bar mat bar mining bar mitzvah bar mitzvah Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Bar Mitzvah Disco bar mitzvahed bar mitzvahed bar mitzvahing bar mitzvahing bar mitzvahs bar mitzvahs bar mizvah bar mizvahed bar mizvahing bar mizvahs bar molding Bar None bar of justice bar pad bar pad bar pad bar pad bar pad bar pattern Bar Pin Eliminator bar plain Bar Plan Title Insurance Company bar post Bar Primary Current Transformer bar printer bar printer Bar Pro Bono Unit Bar Professional Training Course bar reader bar responsibility for serving Bar Restaurant Du Havre Bar Risa Bar Room Bar Bar rot Bar rot Bar rot bar sash lift

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Rabbi Moshe Isserles (RAMO, authoritative 16th century Ashkenazic halakhic authority), in his note to the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim 55, writes that a boy born in the month of Adar in an ordinary year, and who reaches his thirteenth year in a leap-year, does not become Bar Mizvah until Adar Two.

Vagaries of a Jewish leap year by Lewittes, Mendell / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought

Do the people who clamor for it at bar mizvahs and weddings and other Jewish social functions know of what they are singing as they join in on its melting, lovely chorus?

"Raisins and almonds" - Goldfaden's glory by Caplan, Marvin / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought

A tannaitic source states that women, in theory, could count in the seven aliyot on Shabbat, meaning that they are eligible to read from the Torah, but, because of the "dignity of the congregation" (the same term used later in the Shulhan Arukh about an unbearded bar mizvah leading the prayers, noted above), they are not called to do so.

Women and prayer: an attempt to dispel some fallacies by Hauptman, Judith / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought

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