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Setting Date for
the Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
A Conservative Perspective
by Rivka C. Berman
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Plan ahead. Synagogues dont want to
be looked upon as bar mitzvah factories, where kids come to celebrate their big
day and never return again. Many have instituted a multi-year education
requirement as a prerequisite for a bar or bat mitzvah in their sanctuary.
Some synagogues are so popular that they begin setting bar mitzvah dates two or
three years in advance. To avoid battles for good dates in other
congregations, bat mitzvah times are randomly assigned. Doubling up for the
popular Saturday morning Shabbat service is not unusual either. Give your
synagogue a call now.
Though in the United States the celebration of the
Bar and Bat Mitzvah are scheduled based on the secular calendar, you may want to glimpse at a Jewish calendar,
and take that date into consideration as well. You can get hold of the Jewish
birth date by clicking
Jewish Agency's Jewish Birthday Finder . Please note that if your child is
born in Adar of a non-leap year and will be celebrating a bar or bat mitzvah during a leap year,
then set the date in Adar II. (For example, a 5th of Adar birthday is celebrated
on the 5th of Adar II during a leap year.)
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