bat mitzvah girl
Newly responsible daughter
A bat mitzvah girl is a Jewish girl who has reached the age of religious maturity, typically twelve or thirteen, and is celebrating or preparing for her bat mitzvah ceremony.
The term often appears in the period surrounding the event: The bat mitzvah girl practiced her Torah portion for months.
It can also describe someone acting with the earnest excitement associated with this milestone.
- thirteenAfter twelve, before fourteen
- TorahJudaism's core scripture
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- temple serviceWorship held at shrine
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
coming-of-age · coming of age ceremony · celebration · prayer · tallit · bimah · candles · party · dress · family · Jewish · Jewish tradition · adolescent · scroll · chanting · blessing · mazel tov · womanhood
- Jewish WomenSarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Leah, Miriam
- Jewish PeopleAshkenazi, Sephardi, Orthodox Jew, Conservative Jew, Reform Jew
- religious studentsseminarian, novice, novitiate, postulant, ordinand
- honoreeshonoree, honorees, award winner, awardee, awardees
bat mitzvah girlbar mitzvah boy
Thirteen-year-old Jewish male
bat mitzvah, bar mitzvah, mitzvah, mitzvot, girl, girls, girlish, girlhood, girly