Detailed explanation of what happens at a bar mitzvah and why?
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Bar Mitzah is the ritual of circumcision, where the foreskin is cut off the penis.  It's a practise that is in the Judaic ritual because it used to be a necessity due to urinary tract infections in those days.\n\nHave a nice day.
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Have you considered going to a local synagogue to meet Jews? I did a quick search and turned up 43. A synagogue is obviously the best place to meet people interested in Judaism. I don't know if you're Jewish or not, but if you're not, you can ask a Rabbi about how to convert. \n\nThe best thing to do would be to visit a lot of synagogues and find one you're comfortable with. If you go to Friday night services, they have a snack & social period ("Oneg Shabbat") after the service where you can meet and mingle.
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heeey. kaay well.\n\n1. it depends how you celebrate chanukkah and how much you like.. love the holiday. i personally LOVE chanukkah. (also because i was born on that holiday). good food. =]\n\n2. benefits? chanukkah wasnt written in the torah, but im pretty sure this holiday is just a custom and most jews do it. benefits? lighting the menorah and reading about the story of how the mircale with the oil lasted for 8 days. \nhope this helped a bit.
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Its a night of debauchery for the groom, typically thrown by the best man.  This caninclude bar hopping, sitting around drinking beer with the guys, strips clubs...the possibilities are endless.\nTheres also bachelorette parties for the women, thrown by the maid of honor.  Kind of the same thing, but its for the girls.\nIt's the last night you get as being single before you get married.\nMy husband and I chose not to participate in this and we went to a nice restaurant TOGETHER and had dinner.\nThe way I see it is, if you still feel the need to act single, maybe you shouldn't be getting married :)
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If you want a full answer, you have to visit "Judaism 101" at www.jewfaq.com
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a bar mitzvah is a JEWISH celebration that welcomes the child into the adult world (at age 13 too if memory serves)  I don't know if a sports theme is approiate because this is a heavly religious time for the hebrew people. Its more of a celebration of the individual and I don't see a theme would be right for this. \n\nBut if it is maybe something to tie the super bowl ( or bore pending on your point of view) and your celebration together. \n\nat any rate congratulations are in order.
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Entertaining stuff.  Your statement about the Freemasons being behind it all is quite incorrect.  We cannot even get all of our members to show up for meetings, and have trouble deciding whether to have ham or steak after our meetings.  How are we supposed to control the world?  You give us too much credit.  I would say you are barking up the wrong tree.\n\nOh, and we are NOT Jewish bankers.  I have never met a Jewish banker.
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1) Welcoming Shabbat\n\n2) A Naming\n\n3) Siddur
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Until a child reaches the age of Bar Mitzvah (boys, 13) or Bat Mitzvah (girls, 12), they are not required to fast.  Anyone who is sick, elderly, pregnant, or nursing may also be exempt.  Someone whose life would be in danger is not *allowed* to fast, even if they want to.\n\nYoung children usually have a token fast of some kind.  They may get only meals and no desserts or snacks, or them may skip breakfast, for instance.  As they approach the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah, they are allowed to fast (some kids *want* to because it makes them feel "big").  As long as they are not endangering themselves, they are allowed to do so.
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When I have gone to Bat/Bar Mitzvahs, I have always given cash or savings bonds. In the Jewish religion, 18 is a lucky number so usually the cash gifts I gave were either $36 or $54. Some people also choose to give jewelery.
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they break a glass...when you are officially married, the man stomps on a glass and then everybody screams mazel - tov!!! haha
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Aliya, nothing deep, i am not a deep person, but for last week, i liked this:::\n\n""""Rabbi Simcha Bunem of Pesicha said that we can learn how to serve God properly from observing the ways of the thief!!\n\nOne: The thief is not deterred by darkness, rain or cold. He goes about his profession.\nTwo: If he does not succeed the first time, he tries again and again until he is successful.\nThree: He does not look down his nose at what is small, but he steals everything he can get his hands on, whether valuable or cheap.\n \nIn the same vein, , the servant of Gd should serve Gd day and night, rain or shine. If he tries and fails he should try again. He should consider no mitzvah to be beneath his dignity but should strive to serve Gd in all matters, both large and small.\n \nThe Maggid of Mezritch taught, as recorded in the book Ten Lights: We can learn how to serve Gd properly from observing the ways of the child.\n\nOne: A child is always happy\nTwo: A child is never idle. He is always busy with something\nThree: When a child wants something, he cries.\n \nIn the same vein, one should always serve Gd with joy, one should be engaged in a mitzvah at every moment, and one should never hesitate to pray for ones needs.\n \nOn another occasion Rabbi Simcha Bunem taught: We can learn the service of Gd from the game of checkers:\n\nOne: You can only move forward, not backwards.\nTwo: You can only move one step at a time.\nThree: Once you have reached the final row, and only then, you can move any way you like.""""
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The Jewish bar Mitzvah (literally, "son of commandments", but also "subject to commandments") is the Aramaic term for a male child who is now independantly responsible for his own actions under Jewish Law. This occurs at the age of 13 for a boy, 12 for a girl. At this time, they become part of the 'adult' community and are old enough to be counted amongst other men for a quorum in prayer (although in Orthodox sects, only the boys are counted), as well as  be married according to Jewish Law.\n\nNo ceremony parallel to a boy's Bar Mitzvah ceremony developed for girls before the modern age, except in Italy. The Orthodox Jewish Italian rite for becoming Bat Mitzvah made a great impression on Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, who through his influence at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, in New York, Jews from all branches of non-Orthodox Judaism learned about and emulated this rite. Many girls in the non-Orthodox movements celebrate becoming Bat Mitzvah (literally "daughter of commandments", but also ""subject to commandment") at age 13, like the Jewish boys, rather than at the actual age 12.\n\n\nA boy is said to become a Bar Mitzvah בר מצוה\nA girl is said to become a Bat (or Bas) Mitzvah בת מצוה
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You will be happy to know the answer is very simple.  You can find several examples of thoughts on the subject:\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ytff1-&p=kabbalah%20%2B%20600%2C000%20souls&ei=UTF-8
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First, let me offer my deepest most heartfelt condolences on your loss! In two years, i lost my wife, by father and my brother, i know what it is to lose someone, and my heart goes out to you!\n\nSecond, let me say welcome to Judaism!\n\nMy strong advice is to rise with the mourners when they recite the Kaddish in the synagogue, and, yes, to sit shiva in your own home, where what you do and how you do it is your own choice. \n\nRemember that, as a Jew, you are commanded by Gd, and most of the rabbinic authorities state that a Ger, a convert to Judaism, MUST observe shiva and shloshim and the year for his or her parents, regardless of the parents' religious status, because You are a Jew, and, as such, are commanded to, and for you NOT to would be to deny that you are one who is commanded.
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I am Jewish, Christians come to synagogue all the time for Bar Mitzvahs and parties. It is never a problem though. They provide keepas or head coverings for you at the synagogue. You don't have to sing or say prayers, just be respectful and when the leader says to go to a page, just go to that page and pretend. Sometimes there is even English translation of the left that you can read while everyone else is reading the Hebrew.
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get together at a bar for some BS time, you will be surprised at how much work talk will be included and how many ideas will be tossed around when its a more informal fun environment.