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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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You usually go there for something—a birthday, a bar mitzvah, a special family Saturday-afternoon outing.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Despite the success, he was ousted from Columbia when the company accused him of using company funds to pay for personal expenses, including his son's bar mitzvah.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

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

As our paper chain gets more and more attention, the word also spreads about the Chokecherry kid who is racing toward an unlikely bar mitzvah on December 4.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman



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