Bar/Bat Mitzvah

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Sample Candlelighting Ceremony

By Rabbi Peter Schweitzer

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Sample Candlelighting Ceremony Introduction

By Rabbi Peter Schweitzer

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Sample Etiquette Guide for Guests

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Sample Explanation of Bar/Bat Mitzvah #1

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Sample Explanation of Bar/Bat Mitzvah #2

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Sample Frequently Asked Questions

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Sample Guide to Sanctuary and Customs #1

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Sample Guide to Sanctuary and Customs #2

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Sample Guide to Service

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Sample Program

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Ways the Child May Participate in the Ceremony

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Ways the Child Participates Before the Ceremony: Community Service

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Ways the Child Participates Before the Ceremony: Study

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Ways the Family May Participate in the Ceremony

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Ways to Include Your Child’s Interfaith Heritage at the Celebration

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What’s Permitted and What’s Not

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Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Teenagers

Bat Mitzvah… Then What?

By Hedi Molnar

It was like climbing a mountain in high heels, those weeks leading up to the bat mitzvah service. After a year...

Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories

How We Ended Up Here

By Bryan Daneman

Pretty early on Julie and I realized that there was something different about this relationship, and that there...

Interfaith Families and Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Questions and Opportunities

By Rabbi Arthur P. Nemitoff

Sam and Mary had an appointment with the rabbi. Their daughter, Rachel, was scheduled to become a Bat Mitzvah...

Of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Parents who are not Jewish

By Daniel Siegel

474 April 2000 Can you raise a Jewish child in a home with only one Jewish parent? Could this child become...