What I will do
I definitely have to do this at my Bar Mitzvah, no question about it!
What is:
have an aliyah
read from the Torah
lead some of the service
This person, one of our ancestors in the early bible stories, was the first to have a bar mitzvah.
What was ...
... none of them - bar mitzvahs weren't created until way after the bible was written.
These are the days that you can celebrate a bar or bat mitzvah ceremony
Any day that the Torah is read - so on Shabbat morning, on Rosh Hodesh, or on any Monday or Thursday at minyan.
If I am correct, my parents will make sure I wear this at my BAR mitzvah
Really nice clothes such as a suit, or nice pants, maybe a button down shirt and a tie.
You have to do this on the bima at Temple Beth Abraham to celebrate your bar mitzvah.
What is have an aliyah?
If I'm really ambitious, I will also lead this service.
What is lead Shaharit or P'sukei D'zimra
This special prayer that a parent says goes back to the 14th century.
What is the Baruch Shepatarani
The date of my bar or bat mitzvah has to be...
If you are male, what is any time after my Hebrew 13th birthday? If you are female, any time after my Hebrew 12th birthday?
Something else other than a baseball cap or a cowboy hat.
What is a kippah?
If you become bar or bat mitzvah at TBA and you have a party, our rule is that you have to do this.
What is invite everyone in your b'nai mitzvah class?
After this I will be required to do my own mitzvot rather than rely on my parents
What is after I wake up on my Hebrew 13th birthday - and if that's before your bar mitzvah ceremony, that's fine!
If I belonged to a Sephardic synagogue, my bar mitzvah probably wouldn't be on this day of the week.
What is Shabbat - usually the custom in Sephardic synagogues was to be called to the Torah on the Monday or Thursday after your 13th birthday.
This is the time that it is too late to celebrate a bar or bat mitzvah ceremony.
What is never!
Yes, I have to wear a tallit but it won't be kosher if this isn't on it.
What are tzitzit?
I'm going to read the Maftir Torah portion, but the rest of the readings that day will be done by ?
Who are the other readers that I want to honor at my bar or bat mitzvah, or who am I?
Saturday morning just isn't enough at Temple Beth Abraham. What other services do I have to attend the week of my ceremony?
What are Thursday morning minyan and Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat?
This event was the first of its kind and it took place on March 18, 1922.
What was the very first bat mitzvah - Judith Kaplan, daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist movement.
My b'nai mitzvah ceremony will take place after my 12th birthday.
What is a bat mitzvah (girl) - boys have to wait until after their 13th Hebrew birthday?
I can't wear this on Saturday morning because it is Shabbat, but I will definitely wear this odd set at my Thursday morning minyan.
What are t'fillin?
celebrating a bar or bat mitzvah is a pre-requisite to doing this in synagogue.
What is nothing? you don't need to have had a bar or bat mitzvah to participate in a service at any time after your 13th birthday -