1. A 13-year-old Jewish boy, considered an adult and responsible for his moral and religious duties. 2. The ceremony that initiates and recognizes a boy as a bar mitzvah.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: bar mitz·vahed, bar mitz·vah·ing, bar mitz·vahs To confirm in the ceremony of bar mitzvah.
ETYMOLOGY:
Hebrew bar miwâ : Aramaic bar, son; see bn in Appendix II + Hebrew miwâ, commandment; see mitzvah.
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wâ : Aramaic bar, son; see bn in Appendix II + Hebrew mi
