Mitzvah 101
The religious leader who performs the ceremony
What is a Rabbi?
The holy place in which the ceremony takes place
What is a synagogue or temple
The popular traditional soup served at the ceremony
What is Matzo Ball Soup?
What is believed to happen to the child come their bar/bat mitzvah.
What is becoming an adult/responsible for their own actions?
The traditional dance at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah reception.
What is the Hora
What song is played during the Hora at a ceremony
What is Hava Nagila?
this leather box contains the Torah and is a symbol of a Mitzvah
What is a tefillin?
The “hat” which Jewish men are required to wear while in the Synagogue.
What is a Yamaka.
This prayer is said by fathers as they are relieved of their son/daughter's sins
What is Sheptarani?
Traditionally, this is the part of the Torah that is read at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
What is the Maftir?
This section of Judaism doesn't allow women to have a Bat Mitzvah
What is Orthodox