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The moment a girl becomes responsible for her own commandments, and her parents' wallet.
means A Jewish coming-of-age ceremony and celebration marking a girl's reaching the age of religious maturity (traditionally 12 or 13), when she becomes accountable for keeping the commandments.
from Hebrew, literally 'daughter of the commandment' — bat ('daughter') plus mitzvah ('commandment'), the female counterpart to bar mitzvah ('son of the commandment'). The phrase itself is old, but the ceremony for girls is a much more recent innovation, emerging in the 20th century as a parallel to the long-established boys' rite. Mitzvah comes from a Hebrew root tied to commanding; in everyday speech it has also softened to mean simply 'a good deed.'
- means
- Hebrew for daughter of commandment
- age
- Traditionally turns 12 or 13
- newcomer
- First recorded ceremony only in 1922
- the test
- Reading Torah in front of everyone you know
- adulthood
- Now morally accountable under Jewish law
natalie portman bat mitzvah — celebrated in 1990 in jerusalem at age 13
britney spears bat mitzvah — held in 1999 in louisiana, jewish coming-of-age ceremony