You are an ‘adult’ (religiously) and responsible for your own religious behavior (which is what ‘bar mitzvah means: ‘son of the commandment’). After all the road to the celebration was filled with stumbling blocks like sickness, war, and the dangers of daily life. Generally, adults are given the honor of going up front and reading from the Torah - or, rather, saying the blessings before and after the Torah reading.

Adult Jews lead prayers for the congregation. No calligrapher and no stamped response cards. We’ll scratch the food from the “to do” list. The guest list will not be as extensive as it was in 1951.

Most of those guests are long since gone. They’ll be remembered of course and the shadows of their joyful presence at the first bar mitzvah will resonate, even in their absence. No, this time we’ll be looking forward to sharing with the newer relatives, those unknown to the original guests, our great-grandchildren, our grandchildren, and our children and their spouses who have become ours as well. Among this group will be three rabbis who will praise the boy for his adept reading and listen intently and respectfully to his d’var Torah. If and when I speak I will tell all of those attending that this is no ordinary guy, that I was a wise and precocious teenager who recognized his goodness and kindness and talents and never, for a single moment in the years that followed, regretted the marriage. It’s obvious to all that he’s very smart but he is also very gentle and very loving. But never did I doubt his devotion to me or our progeny. I married very well indeed!Īnd so, for all the world to know, I want to be the first to wish a mazal tov, from the depths of my soul, to the man I love as he reaches this special commemoration. Did you catch that Trevor’s already turned 13, and they’ve decided to throw him a bar mitzvah a Christian bar mitzvah. His name is Elya Chaim ben Baruch and Fayga. Pastor Brian shows Trevor and Tara the tallit Trevor will wear at the bar mitzvah party.

Here’s what I’ve figured out from the video: They’re having a bar mitzvah as a party, not as a religious life cycle event.

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