tell me all about b'nai mitzvah.who is involved?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B'nai_Mitzvah\n\nIt is common in Jewish culture to celebrate the coming-of-age transition. In popular usage, the terms "Bar Mitzvah" and "Bat Mitzvah" are often mistakenly used to refer to the celebration itself; however the term actually refers to the boy or girl. The event is often misunderstood to be a rite of passage by which a Jewish boy or girl becomes a Jewish adult
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Palestinan and Israel conflict.  Jews moved on their land during WW11.  Divided over who gets Jeruselem and holy areas.  Just an idea.
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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 u ever heard about the lost tribe of israel? make the jewish guy a researcher in archelogy or ethnology or something like that; he will find, through a long journey, that this lost tribe has vanished in indonesia; he will meet a indonesian professor of ilterature, who will be a member of a secret association gathering last members of this lost tribe who practice some dance ritual each time they meet.\nthat's a good summary
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start with\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Palestinian_conflict\n\nand follow the links as far as you wish to go
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Wouldn't know that information directly, but here's a website that might lead you to some one who does:\n\nhttp://www.palestine486.org/faq_masons.htm
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"""Calling themselves the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, their origins are rooted in their charismatic leader, Ben Ammi Ben Israel. Ben Ammi, who was a foundry worker named Ben Carter in Chicago, had a vision in 1966 that his African ancestors were descended from one of the 10 lost tribes of Israel."""\n---\n"""The strange group is led by Ben Carter a former Chicago resident who now calls himself “Ben Ammi Ben Israel”\n\nCarter claims that the ”Archangel Gabriel told him that many African Americans were descendants of the lost Israeli tribe of Judah.” He led some followers to settle in Israel during 1969, but they didn’t receive permanent residence status until 2003.\n\nThe “Black Hebrews” have been linked to crime and the death of a child."""\n---\n"""One of Carter’s henchmen was found guilty of “operating an international crime ring” in 1986 and just last year a couple was charged with manslaughter. And the death of their baby was allegedly tied to the group’s strange diet."""
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Heyy, I;m 16  and I had my Bat Mitzvah when I was 12. So , that's about 4 years ago. My best study tip would be to just listen to the tapes over and over. That's what I did. Study little bits at a time. I'm sure you already know the Alias because they are really easy. Just work on your haftorah portion! You'll do fine! I rememebr I messed up a little and nobody noticed. If you mess up  just keep going!   You'll do fine! Shalom!
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If you truly want to know more about Gods laws there is no better book than his own word. \n  It is folks writing thier own opinion about his law that got them in so much trouble in the first place. whem you read the old testament you will only find 613 laws the Jews were to keep. no more no less. \nGod never had a problem with expressing his law to his people. To understand His law is very easy He said it He meant it so you do it period.\nAs a Messianic Jew and a convert to Jesus also a minister of the Gosple. after having been set free of the law do not burden youself with them.\nSend email to  bethsimcha@bethsimcha.com and ask them your questions they will be more than happy to enlighten you. They are a Messianic congregation Where Jesus[Yeshua] is Lord
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the best website to learn about judiasm is most definitely www.chabad.org! it has everything you want to know about judiasm but from the chabad (a sect of Judiasm) perspective, which is very positive and inviting and intereseting too! But basically, the core of our religion was summed up by Maimonidies in the 13 principles of faith. they are 1)G-d created the world 2)G-d is one 3)G-d is unlimited by physical form or nature's limits 4)G-d was before the world and will be after - eternal 5)G-d is the only one that we can pray to 6)the words of a real prophet are true (there are ways to test a real prophet) 7)Moses is the greatest prophet of all time 8)Every part of Torah was given to Moses at Mt. Sinai 9)The Torah hasn't and won't ever change 10)G-d knows the thoughts and actions of everyone 11)G-d has His system of rewarding for good and punishing for bad (that we can't understand) 12)Messiah is coming and we must await him every day! 13)those who deserve it will be resurrected in the times of Messiah\n\nThose are the core faiths, basically G-d made us and gave us a Torah (Bible) that we listen to, not becasue it makes sense but because that is who we are, and we do our best to follow the commandments, thereby attaching ourselves ot G-d and bringing the messiah closer! In the Messianic time there will be the completion of Torah, with nothing blocking us from observing it completely (such as the current lack of a Temple). All Jews will gather in the Holy Land and serve G-d together. There will be peace in the land, and most importantly, "the world will be filled with knowledge of G-d like the water that covers the sea!"\nI hope this helps you. If you ahve questions, go to www.askmoses.com, where you can chat with a Chabad rabbi or woman one-on-one and ask any question that you wany. Good luck!\n\nP.S. to ammok: can i tell you something personal? my family is strictly observant, and we have, thank G-d, 8 kids who all attend Jewish school at the cost of about $50,000 per year. That is nearly our family's salary, making us not a very rich family at all. In fact, we go without many of the pleasures that non jews have, like new cars etc.
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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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Its called the "Sanhedrin project".  They need two things to get started, ordination and seventy of the best Rabbi's.  They only claim to have the first, and they are working on the second. See their website, it talks all about this.  The've got a few high caliber Rabbis but the rest are place holders.
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Depends on how much or little the boy or girl wants to do.  If they want to read from the Torah, then it'll likely take several months to learn...assuming they've been learning to read hebrew all along. If not, it doesn't take long at all.\n\nFYI, there is no formal ceremony of Bar/BAt mitzvah.  It simply happens when on a boys 13th birthday or a girls 12th.  The amount of recognition a family or community wishes to comport to this event is highly variable.
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It all started out only as Arabs against Israelis which eventually turned into Muslims against Jews because, most Muslims are Arabs (but not all Arabs are Muslims, and there are Muslims who are not Arabs) and Israelis are Jews.\n\nHow did this started?  It all started way-back in the Time of Abraham.  Abraham's wife, Sarah, was not able to bear children so she let her husband to take one of her maid to bed for the sake of child-birth.\n\nThat maid did gave birth to a son, Ishmael.  Sarah eventually was blessed with a son, Isaac.  Thus, Ishmael and his mother were both exiled into the desert by the order of Sarah.\n\nGuess what?  Arabs are from the line of Ishmael whilst the Jews are the lineage of Isaac.  They are fighting for the Right of Inheritance over their "Father's Land".  Sibling issues that gone international, crazy.
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I'm Jewish, don't worry! For me, I would think it would a great thing to do as a mezzuzah does bless the house. Are you putting one up out of respect for your step family or because you do indeed think it will be a blessing and a "mitzvah" to do? If you truly believe in it's sanctity, as it is a sacred object whether then to appease your step family then it's fine.
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Jews-for-Jesus is a Christian group in Jewish clothing. To learn about the holiday of Passover try some of these good and authentic Jewish resources:\n\nhttp://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default.asp\nhttp://www.aish.com/passthought/passthoughtdefault/Matzah_The_Taste_of_Freedom.asp
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kabbalah is not a religion.  it's source is mystical Jewish teachings.  What Madonna and Britney are 'learning' at the Kabbalah Center in LA is not Kabbalah, but a poorly understood, mistranslation of an allegory.  hardly substantial.