Bar and bat mitzvah
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A bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is a coming of age ritual in Judaism. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their child's actions. Once Jewish chil
Bar mitzvah boy wearing tallit and tefillin
Bar Mitzvah in a Synagogue by Oscar Rex
Reading from the Torah (Sephardi custom)
An 1839 description of an upcoming Manhattan bar mitzvah reported in the New York Herald
Tallit
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A tallit, taleth, or tallis is a fringed garment worn as a prayer shawl by religious Jews. The tallit has special twined and knotted fringes known as tzitzit attached to its four corners. The cloth pa
Bar and bat mitzvah
…of 18 are considered to be particularly auspicious and have become common for the bar and bat mitzvah. Many b'nai mitzvah also receive their first tallit from their parents to be used for the occasion and tefillin where this is appropriate. Jewelry is a common gift for girls at a bat mitzvah celebration…
A white wool tallit, following one Sephardic custom
A folded tallit with the Chabad pattern
Chaim Moshe Zilbershitz seen with his Ashkenazic tallit
Tallit found at the House of Shimson Kleuger, Oświęcim