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bar and bat mitzvah
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Key facts
- Native name
- Bar mītsvā : בַּר מִצְוָה , Bat mītsvā : בַּת מִצְוָה
- Time
- Orthodox boys: 13 years old, girls: 12 years old Reform and Conservative boys and girls: 12 or 13 years old
- Type
- Coming-of-age ceremony
- Theme
- Reaching the age of bar or bat mitzvah signifies becoming a full-fledged member of the Jewish community
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Jewish holiday
- Subclass of
- rite of passage
- Has part
- bat mitzvah
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Oscr Rex - Bar Mitzwa.jpg
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- minimum age
- 12
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- native label
- בני מצווה
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- Bar and bat mitzvah
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