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Definition:
In Judaism, a bar mitzvah is a religious initiation ceremony performed for a
boy who has reached the age of thirteen. A bat mitzvah is an analogous ceremony
for girls at the age of twelve, but because women perform no religious services in
Orthodox or Hasidic Judaism, these forms of Judaism do not have bat mitzvahs.
When they are celebrated at all, they are often just parties for the girl - but in more liberal forms of Judaism where women do perform religious functions, the bat mitzvah is the same as the bar mitzvah.
The term comes from the Hebrew words bat, which means daughter, and mitzvah, which means command.
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