bat mitzvah
Example Sentences
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His best-known innovation—his introduction, in 1922, of the modern bat mitzvah, to mark the 12th birthdays of Jewish girls—is now standard practice in all but Orthodox synagogues.
There are scenes of Jewish holidays, birthdays, a bat mitzvah, a student recital and a medical scare.
“I tried to do video interviews with the residents. I thought it would make a good bat mitzvah project.”
From Literature
My kid has her bat mitzvah in February.
From MarketWatch
This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, Hebrew-school classmates and, it sometimes seemed, any passing acquaintance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
