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Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age

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By Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - (Puffin)
Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age
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Why does a bar mitzvah (BM) happen at age 13? Where did the elaborate rituals come from and how are they relevant today? What does it feel like to experience a BM? Kimmel answers these questions and more, providing historical background, explanations of rituals, and reallife bar mitzvah stories. This is a book not only for every prebar mitzvah boy, but for anyone who wants to learn about the beliefs, philosophies, and history of the Jewish religion. Illustrated with woodcuts. A thorough wellwritten account of the ceremony and rituals involved in a 13 yearold boys confirmation in the Jewish faith. interspersed with fascinating and sometimes deeply moving vignettes in which boys and men of various ages share memories of their own bar mitzvah experiences.

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9780140369755

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