bat mitzvah

See also: batmitzvah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”).

Noun

bat mitzvah (plural bat mitzvahs or b'not mitzvah)

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

Related terms

• bar mitzvah

Translations

Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl

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• Finnish: bat mitsva
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• German: Bat-Mizwa (de)
• Polish: bat micwa f
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girl who has come of age

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• Finnish: bat mitsva
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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony.

Translations

initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony

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• Finnish: tulla bat mitsvaksi
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