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Bar-Mitzvah Judaism.|bɑːˈmɪtsvɑː|
Also -mitsvah, -mitzva.
[Heb., lit. ‘son of commandment, man of duty’.]
a. A Jewish boy who has reached the age of thirteen, regarded as the age of religious responsibility.
b. The ‘confirmation’ ceremony in a synagogue on this occasion. Also attrib.
1861Children's Jewish Advocate VII. 84 You look like my Samuel, whom I have not seen since he was Barmitsva. 1877Encycl. Brit. VII. 134/1 This dull routine..continued till Emanuel was thirteen years old, when he returned to Neisse, to solemnize his religious majority (Bar-mitzva). 1891M. Friedländer Jewish Rel. 481 The boy when thirteen years old is bar-mitsvah..bound to obey the Law, and responsible for his deeds. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto (1893) i. x. 97 My Ebenezer is Bar-mitzvah next Shabbos week. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? ix. 181 Bar-mitzvah is the Hebrew ceremony celebrating a boy's reaching the state of manhood at the age of thirteen. 1960Commentary June 493/2 Its willingness to accept boys over eleven for Bar Mitzvah preparation. |