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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Products

According to Jewish law, a boy is deemed a "bar mitzvah" when he turns 13 and achieves the status of adulthood. A Jewish girl becomes a "bat mitzvah" when she turns 12.

The term bar mitzvah literally means "son of a commandment," and bat mitzvah means "daughter of a commandment." This alludes to two things:

A bar mitzvah boy or bat mitzvah girl strives to come closer to God -- like a son and daughter to his or her parent.

The chief way of doing so is by keeping the commandments or mitzvot that God gave in the Torah.Indeed, perhaps the most significant occurrence on this day is that the young person becomes fully responsible for keeping the commandments of the Torah as of that day.