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Sermon on B’nai Mitzvah Celebrations
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A male child becomes obligated to observe the commandments at the age of thirteen years and one day. Therefore, on the first day of his fourteenth year, a father grasps his son in his hand and says,…

Contributor:

Ben Ish Ḥai

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 1894–1898

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Rite of passage, Adolescence, Family, Piety

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Sermons