Symbols
Prayers
Hebrew Terms
B'nei Mitzvah Facts
Traditions
100
Kippah
Head covering
100
This prayer is about God's oneness
Shema
100
B'nei Mitzvah
Child(ren) of the commandments
100
This is the age at which you become b'nei mitzvah
13 (12 in some communities)
100
After the service, most people celebrate in this way
Having a party, banquet, give gifts.
200
Siddur
Prayer book
200
This prayer is the "call to worship"
Barchu
200
Aliyah
Literally "going up," referring to being called to the Torah to say the blessing.
200
How many mitzvot (commandments) are there?
613 - 248 positive, 365 negative
200
Some young B'nei Mitzvot travel with their families to this country in honor of the occassion.
Israel
300
Tallit
Prayer shawl with Tzitzit
300
This prayer celebrates crossing the Red Sea to freedom
Mi Chamocha
300
Tikkun Olam
Repairing the World
300
Put these in the correct order of when they happen in the service: D'var Torah, Haftarah Reading, Torah Reading
1. Torah Reading
2. D'var Torah
3. Haftarah Reading
300
This is one gift people often given to guests at the service with the name of the B'nei Mitzvah and date printed on the inside.
Kippot
400
Bimah
Literally "stage," the raised place where the clergy and the B'nei Mitzvah stand.
400
This prayer tells us how and when to love God
V'ahavta
400
D'var Torah
Literally a "word of Torah," referring to your bnei mitzvah speech.
400
The responsibilities you take on when you become b'nei mitzvah
Mitzvot (commandments)
400
During the B'nei Mitzvah ceremony, parents give this to their child becoming a B'nei Mitzvah
a Tallit (prayer shawl)
500
Yad
Literally "hand," referring to the pointer used to follow the Torah reading.
500
This prayer invokes our ancestors
Avot v'Imahot
500
Parshat haShavua
Torah portion of the week
500
These are the three things you do in the B'nei Mitzvah ceremony.
Leading Prayers (shlichei tzibor)
Reading Torah (baalei koreh)
Teaching about Torah (Darshanim)
500
It's traditional to give $ gifts in multiples of this number:
18. The numerical value of the letters in the Hebrew word for life, חי, adds up to 18.