Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!ittvax!sii!meg From: meg@sii.UUCP (Marta Greenberg) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Bat Mitzvahs Message-ID: <402@sii.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 11:28:26 EST Article-I.D.: sii.402 Posted: Mon Feb 27 11:28:26 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 12:44:42 EST Lines: 15 b 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