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bar mitzvah

[bahr mits-vuh, bahr, bahr meets-vah] / bɑr ˈmɪts və, bɑr, ˌbɑr mitsˈvɑ /
NOUN
jewish rite of passage
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Jacobs: I started my first business when I was 23 years old in 1979 with $5,000 left over from my bar mitzvah money, and that business grew to a billion dollars.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Bandel came with his entire family to celebrate his grandson's upcoming bar mitzvah, the Jewish coming-of-age ritual.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Reiner’s parents got him an 8mm film camera for his bar mitzvah and from that moment on he was rarely without one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

He probably thinks the bar mitzvah is off, and he’s here to offer consolation.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman



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