Bar Mitzvah

A practical halachic guide to weddings, bar mitzvahs, brit milah, Chanukah parties, Simchat Torah, Purim, and other celebrations during the mourning period according to Jewish law and tradition

13 years after saving a newborn baby born without a pulse, an MDA team reunited with him at his bar mitzvah celebration.

A mother watches her son’s first tefillin with pride and joy, while quietly praying that the connection he feels today will stay with him for years to come.

Twelve years after saving Nadav’s life from a dangerous brain injury, the doctor who treated him returned for a powerful and emotional Bar Mitzvah reunion.

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Hedge fund tycoon Bill Ackman marked his Bar Mitzvah by putting on tefillin before Yom Kippur, honoring Jewish tradition and dedicating the moment to the victims of recent tragedies

A heartbreaking video is taking social media by storm: A 13-year-old boy named Nehorai visits the cemetery to invite his father to his bar mitzvah.

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From jars of jam to smuggled tefillin — moments of resilience in the face of despair

A Jewish mother whispered a prayer for her son—and Hashem sent a traveling businessman to bring a Bar Mitzvah to life.

When Edward Weinstein was seriously wounded after his home was directly hit, he feared he wouldn't be able to hold his son's bar mitzvah. Rabbi Menachem Kutner visited him and assured him that everything would be taken care of so he could celebrate peacefully. A few days after the bar mitzvah, Kutner shares: "It was an unforgettable event."

"We are 13 again," said 10 Holocaust survivors who celebrated a belated bar mitzvah yesterday at the Western Wall and received new sets of *tefillin*. It's never too late.

When a social media post called on people to celebrate a boy's Bar Mitzvah happening via Zoom due to the pandemic, the response was overwhelmingly supportive.

Separated by balconies, united by heart—Ashdod neighbors made his special day unforgettable.

After meningitis affected him severely, Motti Meringer's parents talk about the diagnosis, the challenges, their inner strength, and his highly talked-about Bar Mitzvah event.

While the Chertokov family from Yavne'el celebrated their son's Bar Mitzvah, their house caught fire. Flames reached a height of about five meters, turning the home into a blaze. "The great miracle is that we weren't at home," recount the parents as they describe coping with the destruction of their home.