bar mitzvah(n = noun.event) Array - (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility; "a bar mitzvah is an important social event"
is a kind of induction, initiation, installation
Derived form verb bar mitzvah₁

   bar mitzvah(v = verb.social) Array - confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith; Array
is one way to covenant
Derived form noun bar mitzvah₁
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bar mitzvah, n.
1 the religious initiation ceremony of a Jewish boy who has reached the age of 13.
2 the boy undergoing this ceremony.

Etymology:
Heb., = 'son of the commandment'

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