Bar Mitzvah

Bar Mitzvah translates to

• by the mother

• keeper of the covenant

• son of commandment

• bar keeper

Becoming bar Mitzvah means that (choose 2 responses)

• The boy participates in the synagogue service

• girls and boys read the Torah

• they need to party

• he takes on the responsibilities of an adult as outlined in the Torah

The reading of the Torah will be done in

• Greek

• English

• Hebrew

• Any of these

The cubic black leather boxes with leather straps that Orthodox Jewish men wear on their head and their arm during weekday morning prayer are called

• prayer box

• tefillin

• teliffin

• telifin

The sacred text that informs the bar Mitzvah ritual is

• the Qur'an

• the Vedas

• the Bible

• the Torah

The celebrations and parties that follow the synagogue ritual are an essential part of the bar mitzvah

• True

• False

Boys become bar mitzvah at

• 14

• 12

• 13

• 11

The celebration for Jewish girls at 12 years is called

• bat mitzvah

• bat mitzvahli

• bar mitzvah

• bat mitzvoth

Bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah are what type of rituals

• Calendrical

• Birth

• Death

• Initiation

The tefillin is worn on

• the arm and leg

• the arm and head

• the leg and neck

• the head and body