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bar mitz⋅vah

  [bahr mits-vuh or, Ashk. Heb. bahr; Seph. Heb. bahr meets-vah] Judaism.
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–noun (often initial capital letters)
1. a solemn ceremony held in the synagogue, usually on Saturday morning, to admit as an adult member of the Jewish community a Jewish boy 13 years old who has successfully completed a prescribed course of study in Judaism.
2. the boy participating in this ceremony.
–verb (used with object)
3. to administer the ceremony of bar mitzvah to: Our son was bar mitzvahed at the family synagogue.
Also, bar mizvah.
Compare bat mitzvah.

Origin:
1860–65; < Biblical Aram bar son + Heb miṣwāh divine law, commandment
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bar mitzvah [(bahr mits-vuh)]

An important ceremony and social event in Judaism marking the beginning of religious responsibility for Jewish boys of thirteen. Bar mitzvah is Hebrew for “son of the commandment.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Bar Mitzvah 
1861, in Judaism, "male person who has completed his 13th year and thus reached the age of religious responsibility," from Heb., lit. "son of command."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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