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Bar and Bat Mitzvah Blessings,
Readings and More

Looking for Bar or Bat Mitzvah blessings, prayers, and readings? Mazel tov! Your kid is becoming a Jewish adult, even if they still can’t remember to put their dishes in the sink. Between the party planning, Hebrew lessons, and endless decisions about centerpieces, it’s easy to forget what this milestone is all about. We’ve gathered meaningful readings and blessings to help make the ceremony personal, memorable, and about more than just the party. Because the DJ will eventually go home, but the meaning behind this day can last a lifetime.

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Bar and Bat Mitzvah Readings

Aliyah Prayer
Leader: Baruch et Adonai ham’vorach.(Praise the One to whom our praise is due.) Congregation: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam vaed.(Praised be the One to whom our praise is due, now and...
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Torah Passing (Feminine)
The Torah and our Jewish traditions have been stewarded for thousands of years. Someday you will teach a child who is not born yet. You have been lucky to know...
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Torah Passing (Masculine)
Rabbi will read as the generations take the Torah and pass it to each other – Grandparents, Parents, Bar Mitzvah. Our dear (name of Bar Mitzvah to be here) as Moses...
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From Our Foremothers
We hope that this child draws inspiration from the examples of her foremothers. From Eve, the first Chava, the hope to choose life and sustain it after Paradise is lost. From Noah’s...
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Our Hope For You
As you travel along the path that will be your life, may you walk on firm ground, with the wind at your back and the sun shining gently on your...
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Blessing For Anyone Who Isn’t Jewish (‘Cause We Know This Is A Lot)
May everyone who shares in a Jewish life feel welcome and integrated. We lovingly acknowledge the diversity of our community and are deeply grateful for the love and support you...
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A Blessing For The Intermarried
Many of you have made the historic and unprecedented decision to raise Jewish children. We will vow never to take this for granted. You come to services, even when it...
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A Blessing For Friends!
Here with you our friends, we feel so greatly blessed.We link hands for a moment and feel the warmth of this community.We are blessed to be surrounded by friends and...
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Teaching Your Children About God
There was once a man who stood before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. “Dear God,” he cried out, “look at all the suffering,...
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The Shehecheyanu – Generic Prayer Of Gratitude
The Shehecheyanu is Judaism’s official way of saying, “Wow. This moment matters.” It’s the blessing Jews say when we reach something new, special, or long-awaited. A holiday arrives. A baby...
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We Choose Our Own Way
Do not imagine that character is determined at birth. We have been given free will. Any person can become as righteous as Moses or as wicked as Jeroboam. We ourselves...
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Standing On The Shoulders
In the garden there’s a tree planted by someone who only imagined me.What love, what vision.I marvel at the gift.No fruit could be sweeter than this.I’m standing on the shoulders...
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It Couldn’t Be Done
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, but he with a chuckle replied that “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he tried. So...
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Listen To The Mustn’ts
Listen to the mustn’ts, child, listen to the don’ts.Listen to the shouldn’ts, The impossibles, the won’ts.Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me.Anything can happen child, anything can...
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah Prayers and Blessings

Aliyah Prayer
Leader: Baruch et Adonai ham’vorach.(Praise the One to whom our praise is due.) Congregation: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam vaed.(Praised be the One to whom our praise is due, now and...
Read This
Torah Passing (Feminine)
The Torah and our Jewish traditions have been stewarded for thousands of years. Someday you will teach a child who is not born yet. You have been lucky to know...
Read This
Torah Passing (Masculine)
Rabbi will read as the generations take the Torah and pass it to each other – Grandparents, Parents, Bar Mitzvah. Our dear (name of Bar Mitzvah to be here) as Moses...
Read This
The Shehecheyanu – Generic Prayer Of Gratitude
The Shehecheyanu is Judaism’s official way of saying, “Wow. This moment matters.” It’s the blessing Jews say when we reach something new, special, or long-awaited. A holiday arrives. A baby...
Read This

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