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From: meg@sii.UUCP (Marta Greenberg)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Bat Mitzvahs
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Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 11:28:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 27 11:28:26 1984
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At my synagogue (Conservative) girls had a Bat Mitzvah after 5 years of
Hebrew lessons.  Hebrew generally started in the 3rd grade, so the
Bat Mitzvah came in the 8th grade.  For most girls this was the grade
they turned 13, and the Bat Mitzvah was held near their birthdays.  For my
younger sister, though, 8th grade was the year she turned 14, and her
Bat Mitzvah was still held near her birthday.  (Her birthday is in December
and she was held back a year when starting kindergarten because the deadline
for turning 5 was October.)  Waiting an extra year agewise didn't bother her --
all her classmates had Bat Mitzvah's the same school year.  What annoyed her
is that her twin brother had his Bar Mitzvah the year before, when they turned
13.  If I remember all of it, my mom had wanted to have a big joint celebration
for them, but it never worked out.

Marta Greenberg, Software Innovations, decvax!ittvax!sii!meg