mitzvah

Example Sentences

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At 10, I was sent to Hebrew school, for an hourlong session four days a week, in preparation for my bar mitzvah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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

But this is optional, not obligatory — especially if your daughter has said that she is happy with the current plans for her bat mitzvah.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

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

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Every spare minute is filled with bar mitzvah stuff.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman