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Book: Judaism in Five Minutes

Chapter: What is a Bar/Bat Mitzvah?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.46845

Blurb:

This chapter discusses the historical and contemporary ritual practice of Bar, Bat, and B’Mitzvah coming-of-age ceremonies, which mark a Jewish child’s entrance into religious maturity. It attends to gender and congregational differences in how this ritual is celebrated.

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