| The Bat Mitzvah is the celebration, which is made by | | | | boys join the celebrations who can court her. |
| the Jewish at the time of a girl becoming a woman. | | | | Bat Mitzvah is usually associated with the young |
| Bat Mitzvah celebrations is organised by the girl’s | | | | woman being called to read the Torah or Haftarah |
| parents, as she turns twelve. It is believed in Jewish | | | | portion at a Shabbat or other service. Most of |
| religion that a girl enters into a new period of her life | | | | Orthodox Jews reject the idea of a woman publicly |
| after the age of twelve. This transition from a girl to | | | | reading from the Torah or lead prayer services, since |
| woman is celebrated along with her friends and | | | | there is a quorum of 10 males available to do so. |
| relatives. It is a memorable occasion in the life of a | | | | However, Bat Mitzvah public celebration has made |
| girl, which every girl want to celebrate it in a perfect | | | | strong inroads in modern Orthodox Judaism. |
| manner. Bat Mitzvah ceremony is followed by a | | | | Now-a-days women do not read from the Torah or |
| reception and the whole event is quite a memorable | | | | lead prayer services but occasionally they will lecture |
| occasion. Lot of planning is involved in organizing this | | | | on a Jewish topic to mark their coming of age. |
| event and the first step of the planning is to select | | | | In orthodox families, the bat mitzvah is more often |
| the best Bat Mitzvah invitation card. | | | | celebrated as a family celebration than a religious |
| It is specified in Judaism that a Jewish girl at the age | | | | ritual. If a girl from an orthodox family wants to |
| of 12 will receive a Bat Mitzvah celebration that honor | | | | celebrate her bat mitzvah by reading Torah or leading |
| their inception into the woman status. Bat Mitzvah | | | | a prayer service, then she can do this in the |
| celebrations are not only indications of a girl | | | | presence of women only. Bat Mitzvah is considered |
| graduating into woman but it also indicates that she | | | | as a special birthday that has religious significance and |
| bear her own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, | | | | the girl is gifted with Bat Mitzvah present, which is a |
| tradition, and ethics and are privileged to participate in | | | | gift item that is appropriate for a 12 year old girl. Bat |
| all areas of Jewish community life, according to the | | | | Mitzvah is the most celebrated ceremony in Jewish |
| 613 laws of the Torah. She is morally responsible for | | | | tradition, along with the Passover feast and Bat |
| herself. She is joined by all her relatives and even | | | | Mitzvah. |