At what age do you have a bar mitzvah?

Answer 1

A Jewish male becomes a bar mitzvah when he turns 13. At that age,

he is considered an adult in several respects.

A Jewish female becomes a bat mitzvah when she turns 12. At that age,

she is considered an adult in several respects.

Answer 2

A Jewish boy becomes bar mitzvah at the age of 13 (Jewish girls become bat mitzvah at the age of 12 - though this is often held back until they reach 13 in non-Orthodox communities and families - reflecting the fact that female children tend to mature before male children of the same age). At this age, they are considered to be sufficiently mature as to be fully responsible for their own actions, though they are not yet considered truly an adult, the term literally means "one to whom the commandments [the Mitzvah] apply." As such, they become able to perform all aspects and roles within Jewish society such as participating in an adult capacity during the Shabbat service, to read publically from the Torah in the synagogue and to function as a member of a minyan, a group of ten people that is necessary for synagogue services to take place. Technically, once a child reaches bar or bat mitzvah, they are old enough to be married according to Jewish law - however, since most Jewish laws are open to reinterpretation to fit individual cases and changing times, this no longer applies.

Answer 3

When he turns 13 years old, a Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah, literally "son of the commandment," meaning he is old enough to start participating in the religious obligations of an adult male. He automatically reaches this state on his 13th birthday whether there is a ceremony or not. Usually on the Saturday (Sabbath day) following his 13th birthday, at the synagogue he will participate in the reading aloud from the Torah for the first time. He recites the blessing over the portion of the Torah that will be recited by the cantor. He may also recite the entire haftarah portion and make a short speech. This is the actual bar mitzvah event. If the family chooses to give a party to celebrate the bar mitzvah, it is comparable to a reception following a wedding, where the real marriage is the wedding (just as the real bar mitzvah ceremony is the boy's participation in the religious service in the synagogue) and the party afterward is the celebration.

Answer 4

A Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah when he turns 13 years of age, whether he or anyone around him

is aware of it at the time, and whether or not he or anyone else decides to acknowledge the occasion or

celebrate it in any way.

Answer 5

A Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah the day he turns 13. The ceremony associated with becoming a bar mitzvah is often held as close to the boy's 13th birthday as possible.

Answer 6

Bar Mitzvahs are used to commemorate a Jewish male's 13th birthday.

Answer 7

A Jewish boy becomes a bar mitzvah at the age of thirteen.

Answer 8

A Bar Mitzvah is held at the age of 13

Answer 9

Thirteen.