As boys approach the age of Bar Mitzvah, preparations for their big day begin. Our course on basic Jewish traditions and Bar Mitzvah training includes stimulating discussions and presentations on intriguing areas of Jewish life that the children will not have encountered in Hebrew School or dayschool. These sessions will provide the child with valuable information that will prepare them for a most meaningful Bar Mitzvah.  This program will ignite in them a love and pride in their Judaism and will help them define who they are as Jews.

For 11-1/2 to 13 year olds, 6th and 7th graders.

 

Wednesdays

5:00pm - 6:15pm

 

The Bar Mitzvah is a two year program Part 1 and Part II

 

 

Part 1 includes the following:

The Bar Mitzvah Discovery Course includes the following:

 1. The Meaning Of Bar Mitzvah - A deep appreciation and
     understanding of this transformational life cycle event. 
     General life cycle overview.

  2. Special Mitzvot Connected with Bar Mitzvah - Understand
     the meaning and traditions connected with the Talit and
     Teffilin. Learn how they are made, why we wear them, 
     what makes them Kosher. How to put them on and care  
     for them. This unit also includes hands-on learning
     experience of the following Mitzvot: Shabbat, Jewish home
     and Family Life (e.g.Kashrut, Mezzuzah and Peace In The 
     Home), Tzedakah. (Each boy will choose one or more of the
     above Mitzvot to be his Mitzvah project for his 
     Bar Mitzvah).

  3. Torah, Haftorah and Blessings - An overview of the origins,
     traditions and customs connected with the reading of the
     Torah  and Haftorah. The boys will learn the blessings 
     before and after the reading of the Torah and Haftorah, 
     their meaning as well as how they are chanted in Hebrew.

  4. Tefila—the hows whys and whens of prayer. Understanding