Bar Mitzvah/ boy of thirteen (the age at which he assumes religious obligations/ Bat Mitzvah (girl of twelve)

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Bar Mitzvah/ boy of thirteen (the age at which he assumes religious obligations/ Bat Mitzvah (girl of twelve)

Bar Mitzvah/ boy of thirteen (the age at which he assumes religious obligations/ Bat Mitzvah (girl of twelve)

Bar mitzvah: obligated in the performance of the commandments; a designation for a boy of thirteen, the age at which one enters the yoke of the commandments in Judaism. Bat mitzvah is the corresponding age for girls, twelve.

("He who curses his father... has done a great abomination. His blood is upon him as his blood on his head... It is also not written at what age one becomes Bar Mitzvah" - Ibn Ezra Leviticus 20:9, and also: "A boy of thirteen years enters the commandment, and from that day and beyond he is Bar Mitzvah and obligated in all the commandments; and if his father has not circumcised him until thirteen years, he is obligated to circumcise himself" - Radak Genesis 17:25, and also: "My opinion is very harsh upon me, that he calls me 'young man' and thinks I am Bar Mitzvah" - Sholem Aleichem/London has no remedy but fire! p. 206, and also: "One may lose reason, the bridegroom Tsippa Leah, a Bar Mitzvah boy busy with chicks" - Bialik/Behind the Fence, 8, 105, and also: "All the more so at commandment feasts!... Today an engagement, tomorrow a wedding, and the day after 'brit', today Bar Mitzvah... And behold the yahrzeit of the Rabbi... Between me and myself 'to life' for soul rectification... Melaveh Malka" - H. Hezaz/First Generations, 51)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בַּר מִצְוָה ( בַּת מִצְוָה)

Definition (Hebrew)

בֶּן מִצְוָה. מְחֻיָּב בַּעֲשִׂיַּת מִצְווֹת. כִּנּוּי לְבֶן שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, הַגִּיל שֶׁבּוֹ נִכְנָסִים בְּעֹל הַמִּצְווֹת שֶׁל הַיַּהֲדוּת. בַּת מִצְוָה הוּא גִּיל שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה לְגַבֵּי בָּנוֹת.

("אֲשֶׁר יְקַלֵּל אֶת אָבִיו -...תּוֹעֵבָה גְּדוֹלָה עָשָׂה. דָּמָיו בּוֹ כְּמוֹ דָּמוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ...גַּם לֹא נִכְתַּב בֶּן כַּמָּה שָׁנִים יִהְיֶה בַּר מִצְוָה"- אִבְּן עֶזְרָא וַיִּקְרָא פֶּרֶק כ ט, וְכֵן:"בֶּן שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה נִכְנַס אָדָם לְמִצְוָה וּמֵהַיּוֹם הַהוּא וָמַעְלָה הוּא בֶּן מִצְוָה וְחַיָּב בְּכָל הַמִּצְוֹת וְאִם לֹא מַל אוֹתוֹ אָבִיו עַד י"ג שָׁנָה חַיָּב הוּא לָמוּל אֶת עַצְמוֹ"- רָדָ"ק בְּרֵאשִׁית יז כֹּה, וְכֵן:"דַּעְתִּי גַּסָּה עֲלֵי מְאוֹד, שֶׁהוּא קוֹרֵא לִי בַּשֵּׁם "בָּחוּר" וְסוֹבֵר כִּי בַּר מִצְוָה אֲנִי"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ לוֹנְדוֹן אֵין לָהּ תַּקָּנָה אֶלָּא בְּאֵשׁ! רוֹ, וְכֵן:"אֶפְשָׁר לָצֵאת מִן הַדַּעַת קוֹבֶלֶת צִיפָא לֵאָה, בָּחוּר בַּר מִצְוָה וְעוֹסֵק בְּאֶפְרוֹחִים"- בְּיָאלִיק/ מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַגָּדֵר, ח, קה, וְכֵן:"כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בִּסְעוּדוֹת מִצְוָה!...הַיּוֹם שִׁדּוּךְ וּמָחָר חֲתֻנָּה וּמָחֳרָתַיִם 'בְּרִית', הַיּוֹם בַּר מִצְוָה...וְהִנֵּה יָאהַרְצַיְט שֶׁל הָרַבִּי...בֵּינִי לְבֵינִי 'לְחַיִּים' לְתִקּוּן נְשָׁמָה...מְלַוֶּה מַלְכָּה"- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת רִאשׁוֹנִים, 51)

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