‘Crossing The Desert’ Explores a Teen’s Hachanah For His Bar Mitzvah

InFocus

2 months ago

‘Crossing The Desert’ Explores a Teen’s Hachanah For His Bar Mitzvah

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‘Crossing The Desert’ is a high-quality and meticulous film adapted to each teenager and his family members, who go with him together through the transition from an enthusiastic child to a mature and responsible Bar Mitzvah boy • Full Story, Watch

Eretz Yisroel

3 months ago

Eight Boys Rescued From Arab Villages Celebrate Joint Bar Mitzvah at Kosel

Celebrating their bar mitzvah at the Kosel. Photo: Yad L'Achim

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Eight boys who were rescued with their mothers from Arab villages by Yad L’Achim celebrated their bar mitzvahs together in a moving ceremony at the Kosel • Full Story

Mexico

7 months ago

It’s Never Too Late: 102-Year-Old WWII Veteran Celebrates His Bar Mitzvah in Cozumel

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It is never too late to celebrate a Bar Mitzvah! This week at the Chabad House in Cozumel, Mexico led by the shliach Rabbi Dudi Kaplan, a 102-year-old Jew by the name of Milton Peak, agreed to put on tefillin for the first time in his life • Full Story, Photos, Video

Beis Medrash

8 months ago

When Should a Bar Mitzvah Boy Get His First Aliyah?

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When should a Bar Mitzvah boy get his first Aliyah? Rabbi Shlomo Goldfarb of Stump the Rabbi answers • Watch

Video

11 months ago

The Bar Mitzvah Niggun With Maamar Synopsis Lyrics

This tune was first introduced in Rostov, Russia, and often sung by the Rebbe Rashab before he began his Chassidic discourses. It is one of the more serious Chabad melodies, characterized by its deep feeling and soul searching expression helping the soul free itself from the confines of the body, preparing it to absorb the G-dliness in Torah. This song was written in honor of Mendel Kievman’s Bar Mitzvah and is beautifully sung by him • Video

News

2 years ago

120 Bar Mitzvahs Celebrated in the Western Wall Tunnels

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120 Bar Mitzvah teenage boys from all over Europe came last Thursday to put on tefillin at the Western Wall plaza in collaboration with the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, headed by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall. Photographer Chaim Tuito presents a spectacular photo gallery from the event • Photos