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bat mitzvah
or bath mitz·vah, bas mitz·vah
[ baht mits-vuh, bahs; Sephardic Hebrew baht meets-vah; Ashkenazic Hebrew bahs mits-vuh ]
noun
(often initial capital letters)
- a solemn ceremony, chiefly among Reform and Conservative Jews, that is held in the synagogue on Friday night or Saturday morning to admit formally as an adult member of the Jewish community a girl 12 to 13 years old.
- the girl participating in this ceremony.
verb (used with object)
- to administer the ceremony of bat mitzvah to.
Bat Mitzvah
/ bɑːt ˈmɪtsvə /
adjective
- (of a Jewish girl) having attained religious majority at the age of twelve
noun
- the date of, or, in some congregations, a ceremony marking, this event
- the girl herself on that day
bat mitzvah
- An important ceremony and social event in Judaism marking the beginning of religious responsibility for Jewish girls; it is the less frequently observed counterpart of the bar mitzvah . Bat mitzvah is Hebrew for “daughter of the commandment.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bat mitzvah1
From Hebrew bath miṣwāh literally, “daughter of the divine law”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bat mitzvah1
from Hebrew, literally: daughter of the commandment
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