bar mitzvah

English

Alternative forms

• bar-mitzvah

Etymology

From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/

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Noun

bar mitzvah (plural bar mitzvahs or b'nai mitzvah)

1. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
2. (Judaism) A boy who has come of age.

Derived terms

• bark mitzvah

 

Related terms

• bat mitzvah, bas mitzvah
• b'nai mitzvah
• b'not mitzvah

 

Translations

Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: barmicvo
• Finnish: bar mitsva
• French: bar-mitsva (fr) f, bar-mitsvah f, Bar Mitzva f, Bar Mitzvah f, bar mitzvah f
• German: Bar-Mizwa (de) f, Bar Mizwa (de) f, Bar Mitzwa (de) f
• Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (he) m (bar mitsvá)
• Polish: bar micwa f
• Russian: бар ми́цва f (bar mícva)
• Yiddish: בר־מיצווה f (bar-mitsve)

boy who has come of age

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: bar mitsva
• Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (he) m (bar mitsvá)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: בר־מיצווה f (bar-mitsve)

Verb

bar mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bar mitzvahs, present participle bar mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bar mitzvahed)

1. (transitive, usually passive voice) To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.

   He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.

Translations

initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony

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• Finnish: tulla bar mitsvaksi
• Russian: please add this translation if you can