This weekend my family was discussing my Bat Mitzvah and where it might be. The main question for us is where my Bat Mitzvah might be held. This is because my family isn’t really traditional, my dad isn’t Jewish, and my mom never had a Bat Mitzvah. But last winter my sister had her Bat Mitzvah, and it was in Hawaii, on the big island over winter break! The preparation to become a Bat Mitzvah is very difficult, my sister had to practice a lot. You have to do an aliah, and read from the Torah. But in the end it was worth it, after all it was an excuse to go to Hawaii.
Unfortunately the place where my sisters Bat Mitzvah service was held, is being knocked down. This lead my family to explore some other options. There is always the option of a traditional service with all of my friends from school, and my relatives, right here in North Carolina. But I don’t really want that type of bat mitzvah service. My mom was looking around for places that I could have my bat mitzvah, and one place that I’ve always loved, and wanted to go back to says that it would be a possibility to have my Bat Mitzvah there! My mom told me that it is a possibility for me to have my Bat Mitzvah in San Juan, Puerto Rico! I went there when I was really young a couple of times, it was around Christmas. I absolutely loved the decoration. They had huge train tracks, and almost life sized gingerbread houses! Overall I loved my sisters Bat Mitzvah in Hawaii, and I want my Bat Mitzvah to be like it!
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That’s really cool!!!!!! Dianne’s dress is sooooooo pretty!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! I really like Diane’s dress too! It’s one of her favorite dresses, she has a lot of dresses, because her Sunday school class has about thirty kids! Mine only has about eighteen! But we get invited to all of them!
Super, sounds fun!
Can’t wait for my Bar Mitzvah
From my sister Diane:
As my sister said, that is one of my favorite dresses!! It’s one of my more modest/ plain dresses as is the Jewish tradition… If DA has a fancy occasion you might see one of my dresses that I outgrew 🙂 we chose to do my Bat Mitzvah in Hawaii because it offered a more personal experience and training than our home congregation… As for specific location, our dad already had a conference in Hawaii!!!
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Ha, Dianne!!! 😀 The background In that picture looks absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!
That is a great set of memories! Puerto Rico with you guys was a lot of fun, too. I am glad that conference was in some good locations, and I am looking forward to making some new fun memories together!
(Maybe this time everyone will be awake for the big telescope at Arecibo!)
That’s awesome, Kay!!!!!!!
That is neat. I can not wait for mine, even though it is in three years. I have already learned Hebrew, so I guess I will have a bit of a head start.
Thanks Aneesha!
What is a Bat Mihzvah celebrating????
A Bat Mitzvah is celebrating becoming an adult. Back in the day (like when the Torah was taking place and a little after that) after you became a Bar or Bat Mitzvah you would be old enough to marry!!! For girls it can be from twelve and up, but for boys they have to be thirteen or older, this is because girls are more mature.
Thanks for all of the comments!!!
Kay, I can’t wait for mine too!! I am going to have it here. I already started training, I am so excited!!
I’m excited for mine, I’ve also started training and can’t wait, but it looks like it’ll be a lot of work.