单词 | bar mitzvah |
释义 | bar mitzvah /bahr mits"veuh / or, Ashk. Heb. /bahrdd/; Seph. Heb. /bahrdd' meets vah"/, (often caps.) Judaism. 1. a solemn ceremony held in the synagogue, usually on Saturday morning, to admit as an adult member of the Jewish community a Jewish boy 13 years old who has successfully completed a prescribed course of study in Judaism. 2. the boy participating in this ceremony. 3. to administer the ceremony of bar mitzvah to: Our son was bar mitzvahed at the family synagogue. Cf. bat mitzvah. Also, bar mizvah. [1860-65; < Biblical Aram bar son + Heb miswah divine law, commandment] |
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