Thank you so much for this video! My classmate invited me to her bat mitzvah and I was nervous at first because I had no idea what to do or wear or what to expect at a bat mitzvah. But know I know! Again thank you.
We are still in "bat mitzvah" season around my house. My daughter already had her's, but there are still a handful of kids in her class that have theirs coming up. And I agree about the invitations. They are so beautiful. My daughter's theme was Wonderland and it ended up coming out so amazing. I was worried about it all because I made all the decorations myself (with my mom). I think the most stressful and the most fun, was shopping for her dress! LOL. And buying her tallit. That was when it really hit me that she's growing up. That was my favorite part of the day, placing it on her and seeing all the photos of her wearing it. I can't wait for the high holy days so she wears it again! LOL.
I also want to say that that the coolest b'nai mitzvah reception that my daughter went to was at a museum here. It's called the Elliot Museum and its this amazing interactive museum. They cleared out the lobby/entrance area which has all these paper fans all over the entire wall and that's where they served dinner. Everyone got to enjoy the entire museum with private tours and they also had a dj and an illusionist and stuff like that. It was really cool. They totally did it up because it was for boy/girl twins. So it was done totally different than everyone else's so far. It was awesome. I even told the parents that I was envious of their cool location. LOL. So, keep something like that in mind for your lil man. My older son's is in 5 years, and he said that he might want to do it at the planetarium. So, we might look into that as it gets closer to planning time.
Oh my gosh this made me teary eyed just thinking about, that is so lovely!!! I'm sure the party was amazing and I am so impressed you made all the decor!
I grew up in an Islamic country, and these countries used to have very bitter ties with jews. as a Christian the only exposure I had to Judaism was the Old Testament in the Holy Bible. But now I have gotten to know more about Jewish culture, I hope I get to learn more about it.
thank you so much! my super close friends bar mitzvah is soon,and i'm not Jewish,so i had no idea what to do. now i feel a little more prepared and know what to expect.
A year late but I just found your channel. Just wanted to mention an additional custom I dearly love. That is the passing of Torah generatonally winding up with the young celebrant. Thanks for doing this! I love my Jewish journey so much. You help to show others why!
It occurs when the scroll is removed for the B Mitzvah to chant. Often it is removed by the Rabbi then passed down from the grandparents to parents to our celebrant prior to parading the scroll through the sanctuary.
My mom also kept all the invitations from my years of attending friends Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. I recently weeded through them and they were INCREDIBLE!!! Your overview was so thoughtful. p.s. Loved dinner dance parties when I was growing up too! Let's bring em back when it's time for our kiddos. :)
Hi! This video was so helpful! I’m attending my friends bat mitzvah and I was so stressed on what to wear and what to bring as a gift! I re-read the invitation and it doesn’t specify the reception attire standard! I don’t know what to do?! Please help me I’m not sure what is the “average” attire for the reception or what is to “extra”. Much love ❤️, Autumn
Oh my gosh that’s a tough one! I would base it on location if that’s any help (like is it a dinner dance or something at a kids play space) for a girl id go with a cocktail dress and for a guy a suit but that’s just me!
Hello! First of all this video helped me SO much with the gift portion! My best friend is having her’s in May and she is really nervous/excited. I do have one question though, compared to the dinner/dance part, how fancy should my dress be for the ceremony? I currently I own 1 dress, I am a sort of Tom boy, and I just don’t know what to shop for!
This is super helpful for a middle-grade novel I'm working on. Thanks for posting! Could you answer a few questions? How early would someone send the invite? And what day of the week is the celebration usually held since Shabbat is Friday night to Saturday night, which pretty much rules out both days, right? And would some people get invited to the service and party and some just the party? Also is the tallit used for boys and girls and just when reading from the Torah, or during the whole service, or something else. Thanks in advance!
Hi Marion! I love invitations (and all paper goods) too! I really like your scrapbook. It has a cool minimal style. Do you have experience with the mikvah that you would be willing to talk about in a video? I've never been and am interested to learn more. And/or, I would really like to see how you prepare for and celebrate Shabbat. Keep up the awesome work! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! That is a great idea! I have been to the mikvah before, I went after losing a baby and found it very spiritually healing. I do have some Shabbat videos if you'd like to see them here's my playlist: th-cam.com/video/ECgTPIb8yFY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for making this it was really helpful. I'm attending my gf little sisters. And I'm super anxious about it since I know little to nothing about it
I know you talked about it, but I’m still unsure about what to wear. I’m going to my friends bat mitzvah ceremony and party. Do I wear the same thing to both? Please someone tell me what to wear for each one!
I was raised Catholic...my baptism, first communion, and confirmation all consisted of people showing up then, maybe, having some food, then leaving. It all seems quite boring compared to a bat/bar mitzvah and with MUCH less planning! 😊
helo! this video is very helpful but i was wondering what we should wear because i could not really understand it. and also how much money do we give and do we wear something else for the prty in the evening
If there’s no dress code on the invitation I would go with a dress for women and slacks for men and for the gift it all depends on how well you know the person it’s like a sweet 16 gift.
I’m a 13 year old girl and I’m not Jewish but my Jewish school friend invited me too one and I literally only have t shirts Andy parents never met her but I really wanna go and I havnt even asked them yet and I’m supposed to rsvp today and I’m so stressed
Great video. You covered so much good stuff. It's hard to cover all the differences between congregations. I am a B'nai Mitzvah tutor. I'll make a partner to this one from my perspective as a tutor and a member of a Reform congregation.
I never had a bat mitzvah in my life though my 3 siblings did (one is a boy so he had a bar mitzvah). I just wanted to have a pool party instead. I do regret it but it is too late because I am 16.
All children have their bar/bat mitzvah around the age of 13. So, my daughter (she's now 15) had her's before her 13th birthday, so technically she was 12. My son (he's now 9) will have his, most likely, just after his 13th birthday due to holidays and such. My youngest (he's 5) will probably have it within a week or 2 of his birthday. I hope this helps.
I have a question, or well I have two, in a synagogue what do jewish people pray to? Do they pray to the star of David like Christian's pray to a cross? And also do synagogues have choirs?
We pray to God but we face the direction of Jerusalem where the Holy Temple once was, but no we don't pray to the Star of David so it's not really similar to Christianity in that respect.
Thanks! Most likely yes! I talk about in the video what I think but I would think of it as a nicer birthday party gift or a Sweet 16 style gift. Hope you have have fun!
My best friend (she's a girl) invited me and i don't know nothing about it just the fact thay si when they turn 13, ao im looking at videos to see what to expect
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I'm not Jewish but I'm attending one of my friend's bar mitzvahs, and I have no video what to expect, so thanks for the video!
You could be literally anyone's best friend, I swear, your happiness just radiates! ♥
Thank you so much for this video! My classmate invited me to her bat mitzvah and I was nervous at first because I had no idea what to do or wear or what to expect at a bat mitzvah. But know I know! Again thank you.
Aww you are SO welcome!! I hope you have the BEST time at the bat mitzvah~!
Same here!
We are still in "bat mitzvah" season around my house. My daughter already had her's, but there are still a handful of kids in her class that have theirs coming up. And I agree about the invitations. They are so beautiful. My daughter's theme was Wonderland and it ended up coming out so amazing. I was worried about it all because I made all the decorations myself (with my mom). I think the most stressful and the most fun, was shopping for her dress! LOL. And buying her tallit. That was when it really hit me that she's growing up. That was my favorite part of the day, placing it on her and seeing all the photos of her wearing it. I can't wait for the high holy days so she wears it again! LOL.
I also want to say that that the coolest b'nai mitzvah reception that my daughter went to was at a museum here. It's called the Elliot Museum and its this amazing interactive museum. They cleared out the lobby/entrance area which has all these paper fans all over the entire wall and that's where they served dinner. Everyone got to enjoy the entire museum with private tours and they also had a dj and an illusionist and stuff like that. It was really cool. They totally did it up because it was for boy/girl twins. So it was done totally different than everyone else's so far. It was awesome. I even told the parents that I was envious of their cool location. LOL. So, keep something like that in mind for your lil man. My older son's is in 5 years, and he said that he might want to do it at the planetarium. So, we might look into that as it gets closer to planning time.
Oh my gosh this made me teary eyed just thinking about, that is so lovely!!! I'm sure the party was amazing and I am so impressed you made all the decor!
Wow that sounds AMAZING!!!! I love a cool unique location that can totally make ALL the difference!
My mom did the same when my little sister had 3, all the invitations, all the decor and it went out amazing...
Thank you! Daughter just got invited to a Bat Mitzvah. We were clueless until we watched your video.
This is so helpful my Bat mitzvah is coming up and I’m sending this to our guests.
Italians do over the top parties for baptisms and confirmations as well. Lots of fun.
I grew up in an Islamic country, and these countries used to have very bitter ties with jews. as a Christian the only exposure I had to Judaism was the Old Testament in the Holy Bible. But now I have gotten to know more about Jewish culture, I hope I get to learn more about it.
thank you so much! my super close friends bar mitzvah is soon,and i'm not Jewish,so i had no idea what to do. now i feel a little more prepared and know what to expect.
This was so helpful for our family as we are attending our first Bar Mitzvah! You are adorable and we enjoyed watching this!
Yay totally love hearing that! I hope you have a great time, let me know if you do!!
A year late but I just found your channel. Just wanted to mention an additional custom I dearly love. That is the passing of Torah generatonally winding up with the young celebrant. Thanks for doing this! I love my Jewish journey so much. You help to show others why!
Very true, that is such a beautiful custom, thank you for sharing and so glad to hear you found my channel!
When does the Torah passing happen? During the service? After it's over? Another time?
It occurs when the scroll is removed for the B Mitzvah to chant. Often it is removed by the Rabbi then passed down from the grandparents to parents to our celebrant prior to parading the scroll through the sanctuary.
My mom also kept all the invitations from my years of attending friends Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. I recently weeded through them and they were INCREDIBLE!!! Your overview was so thoughtful. p.s. Loved dinner dance parties when I was growing up too! Let's bring em back when it's time for our kiddos. :)
I seriously can't wait to plan a bar mitzvah, except then Max will be a teenager...and that I CAN wait for lol!
Great video! I always gets so many questions and I’m always happy to answer because they’re my favorite kind of celebrations!
Totally!!! When we were in the midst of wedding season I would always say, this is fun but I wish we were going to a bar mitzvah lol!
The old pics! LOVE!!!
Haha thanks!! The good old 90s!! Miss those days!
Ah! This was so fun! The kids side of my bat mitzvah was 1950s themed- this totally brought me back!
Oh my gosh I LOVE that theme!!!! I'm sure it was amazing!
Hi!
This video was so helpful! I’m attending my friends bat mitzvah and I was so stressed on what to wear and what to bring as a gift! I re-read the invitation and it doesn’t specify the reception attire standard! I don’t know what to do?! Please help me I’m not sure what is the “average” attire for the reception or what is to “extra”.
Much love ❤️,
Autumn
Oh my gosh that’s a tough one! I would base it on location if that’s any help (like is it a dinner dance or something at a kids play space) for a girl id go with a cocktail dress and for a guy a suit but that’s just me!
I’m in the same situation my friend is having hers soon and i have been doing research on anything and everything.
Omg this helped me so much. Thank you so much.
I've learnt so much from your channel! 😍
Thank you so much, that is so sweet of you to say!!
Hello!
First of all this video helped me SO much with the gift portion! My best friend is having her’s in May and she is really nervous/excited. I do have one question though, compared to the dinner/dance part, how fancy should my dress be for the ceremony? I currently I own 1 dress, I am a sort of Tom boy, and I just don’t know what to shop for!
OMG THANK YOU THIS HELPED ME SO FREAKING MUCH!!!!❤️❤️
So glad to hear that!!
This is super helpful for a middle-grade novel I'm working on. Thanks for posting! Could you answer a few questions? How early would someone send the invite? And what day of the week is the celebration usually held since Shabbat is Friday night to Saturday night, which pretty much rules out both days, right? And would some people get invited to the service and party and some just the party? Also is the tallit used for boys and girls and just when reading from the Torah, or during the whole service, or something else. Thanks in advance!
I love Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
I remember my bat mitzvah. My friends asked me the same questions. Some of them saved my invitation, too. 30 years ago this year!
That's so cool!
@@MyJewishMommyLife just curios, what was your Torah reading?
Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful.
Thank you! This was so helpful! Our son is attending a bar mitzvah in a few days. I so appreciate your informative video.
Rosh Hashanah content! Yay! I've gotta get mine in order, but stay tuned...
Yes it is sneaking up on me because I feel like it's too hot for the Fall holidays but it's so soon!!
Bought a pomegranate and I’m totally in the mood now! 😆
Hi Marion! I love invitations (and all paper goods) too! I really like your scrapbook. It has a cool minimal style. Do you have experience with the mikvah that you would be willing to talk about in a video? I've never been and am interested to learn more. And/or, I would really like to see how you prepare for and celebrate Shabbat. Keep up the awesome work! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! That is a great idea! I have been to the mikvah before, I went after losing a baby and found it very spiritually healing. I do have some Shabbat videos if you'd like to see them here's my playlist: th-cam.com/video/ECgTPIb8yFY/w-d-xo.html
Great info My Brother's Bar Mitzvah was awesome I was so jealous I wanted one too. Can't wait for the Rosh Hashanah content
Aww yah that would make me jealous too! Thank you so much I'm excited to share more very soon!
Didn't you get a bat mitzvah?
Yessssssssss!! Loving the old pics!
You know it!!
I needed this I have one tomorrow
Thank you so much for making this it was really helpful. I'm attending my gf little sisters. And I'm super anxious about it since I know little to nothing about it
Omg I’m going to my bffs party and service! So much pressure
Some strict churches require women to wear doilies too. I would certainly dress up to attend Synagogue.
I know you talked about it, but I’m still unsure about what to wear. I’m going to my friends bat mitzvah ceremony and party. Do I wear the same thing to both? Please someone tell me what to wear for each one!
Wait what did you mix with the salmon? Saracha sauce and mayo?
Thank you. This was really helpful!
You are so welcome!
Excellent topic!
My bat mitzah is in 18 days and im soooo excited!!!🥰
Mazal tov!!!
I was raised Catholic...my baptism, first communion, and confirmation all consisted of people showing up then, maybe, having some food, then leaving. It all seems quite boring compared to a bat/bar mitzvah and with MUCH less planning! 😊
helo! this video is very helpful but i was wondering what we should wear because i could not really understand it. and also how much money do we give and do we wear something else for the prty in the evening
If there’s no dress code on the invitation I would go with a dress for women and slacks for men and for the gift it all depends on how well you know the person it’s like a sweet 16 gift.
I’m so non-social. It’s going to be hard...
I feel yah!! It can be so tough
I’m a 13 year old girl and I’m not Jewish but my Jewish school friend invited me too one and I literally only have t shirts Andy parents never met her but I really wanna go and I havnt even asked them yet and I’m supposed to rsvp today and I’m so stressed
Great video. You covered so much good stuff. It's hard to cover all the differences between congregations. I am a B'nai Mitzvah tutor. I'll make a partner to this one from my perspective as a tutor and a member of a Reform congregation.
Oh my gosh do it!! Would love to see it! You probably have some hilarious stories from tutoring!
I would love to go to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah one day!❤️
I can’t wait to go to another one they’re so fun!!
I never had a bat mitzvah in my life though my 3 siblings did (one is a boy so he had a bar mitzvah). I just wanted to have a pool party instead. I do regret it but it is too late because I am 16.
It’s not actually! My in laws had there’s in there 60’s!
Does it have to be the eldest children who have a Bar/Bat Mitzvah? Or do his/her siblings have it, too? I'm curious.
All children have their bar/bat mitzvah around the age of 13. So, my daughter (she's now 15) had her's before her 13th birthday, so technically she was 12. My son (he's now 9) will have his, most likely, just after his 13th birthday due to holidays and such. My youngest (he's 5) will probably have it within a week or 2 of his birthday. I hope this helps.
That's right all kids get to have one!
@@MyJewishMommyLife Really?😲
I'm having my bat mitzvah in February next year .
That's so exciting!
I have a question, or well I have two, in a synagogue what do jewish people pray to? Do they pray to the star of David like Christian's pray to a cross? And also do synagogues have choirs?
We pray to God but we face the direction of Jerusalem where the Holy Temple once was, but no we don't pray to the Star of David so it's not really similar to Christianity in that respect.
Do a What to wear to look fashionista and appropiate plreeaseee
I am going to a bar Mitzvah tomorrow
Hope you had such a fun time!
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What if it doesn’t say on the invitation?
I love this video! My really good friend is having a bar mitzvah in 18 days do you bring gifts? And what type?
Thanks! Most likely yes! I talk about in the video what I think but I would think of it as a nicer birthday party gift or a Sweet 16 style gift. Hope you have have fun!
Thank you so much!
My best friend (she's a girl) invited me and i don't know nothing about it just the fact thay si when they turn 13, ao im looking at videos to see what to expect
Would it also be pretty weird if Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties are held at Chuck E. Cheese's?🙃 Just wondering.
Lol a little unconventional but I’ve heard of lots of different party ideas!
@@MyJewishMommyLife What about Dave & Busters?
Too young for teens
Rosh hasana is on 9/9. Do you live in the USA i live in israel so my english is not very good because im young
I do! Thanks for watching from Israel!!
@@MyJewishMommyLife no welcome u need more followers
I did my bat mitzva one year ago
Thats's so awesome!!
@@MyJewishMommyLife thank you but im from israel where are you from?
Well, technically, I'm not a jewish. But I'm learning about their culture.
Thank you for watching!
You're welcome. This learning amazed me.
Looks delicious but would be a lot less intimidating if the background music wasn’t created because of a murder crime
I grew up orthodox, so seeing bat mitzvah services, women wearing kippot/yarmulkes and tallitim, and everything being in english often makes me laugh.
When I first read about bat mitzvahs, I thought the first word was pronounced like the animal bat. I didn’t know any Jews then. 😞
@@spencer_jackson542, I didn’t know that was how it was pronounced when I was that age.
@@spencer_jackson542, oh! Got it.
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My mother in law said only married women cover their heads.
i really want to convert into judaism. i hope i get the chance to one day.
That’s lovely! All the best to you on your journey 💕
Good luck!
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