mitzvah

Example Sentences

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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

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’s having a bar mitzvah because that’s what Jewish kids do.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman