Bnei Mitzvah Program – 6&7

B’MITZVOTAV

THROUGH GOD’S MITZVOT

A thirteen-step mitzvah program for TBZ Bnei Mitzvah children

Bemitzvotav Family Guide

“Shimon the Righteous was among the survivors of the Great Assembly. He used to say: The world depends on three things—on Torah, on the service of God (Avodah), and on deeds of loving-kindness (G’milut Chasadim)” Pirke Avot 1:2

Becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah requires a great deal of hard work. It is true that a Jew becomes a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at the appropriate age with or without the ceremony. As a community, the TBZ congregation shares in the joyful celebration of your child’s coming of age. At TBZ, we also want to make sure that the process that leads to the joyful celebration is a meaningful one. It is a process that will help you to connect to our Jewish path in the world; to ask questions about your Jewish identity, and to embrace our tradition with love. Becoming a bar/bat mitzvah marks the beginning of a person’s Jewish accountability. But becoming responsible doesn’t happen overnight; reading from the Torah or giving a Dvar Torah are not the only paths towards this transformation. It is the process that is transformative. Through this process we try to see how our being Jewish impacts on our everyday life.