Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsstat!rao From: rao@utcsstat.UUCP (Eli Posner) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Question about Bat-Mitzvah Message-ID: <1747@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 23:48:48 EST Article-I.D.: utcsstat.1747 Posted: Sat Feb 25 23:48:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 23:58:16 EST References: <257@whuxle.UUCP> Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 7 [] I personally have never heard of a Bat-Mitzvah at 13, but in any case it's just plain wrong. Halachically a women reaches 'womenhood' at 12 years and one day. I assume people have it at 13, for ridiculous "women's lib" reasons. -- Eli Posner {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!utcsstat!rao