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B'nei Mitzvah

B'nei Mitzvah


At Congregation Emanu El, our goal is to build a bar/bat mitzvah experience that creates an important milestone in a lifelong journey of Jewish learning and growth for your child and your family. We believe that both your child’s bar or bat mitzvah service, as well as the months spent preparing for it, will deepen your family’s connection to Jewish prayer, Jewish living and our Jewish community. 


B'NEI MITZVAH handbook
STUDENT PRACTICE MANUAL

program objective

Our specific intended outcomes of the b’nei mitzvah experience are:

  • Student and family feel more connected to the Emanu El congregational community
    Leading to a deepened engagement with the congregation
  • Student and family find personal meaning in, and connection to, the ritual of bar/bat mitzvah
    Leading to a continued investment in the development of their Jewish identities
  • Student engages in meaningful acts of Jewish learning and teaching
    Leading to the exciting discovery that Jewish learning can enrich his/her life
  • Student feels pride for having accomplished something challenging (the bar/bat mitzvah should be, for each student, a task that was difficult but not impossible)
    Leading to a sense of self-confidence and pride in Judaism
  • Student has a sense of familiarity and ownership with a core set of Jewish prayer
    Leading to increased confidence in Jewish prayer settings

 

Eligibility

In order to become a bar/bat mitzvah and lead services at Emanu El, students are required to be enrolled in Helfman Religious School and: 

  • Regularly attend 7th grade classes (or the religious school class in which they are placed during their b'nei mitzvah year)
  • Attend Tuesday/Thursday b'nei  mitzvah preparation classes for approximately six months (48 sessions) prior to their ceremony
  • Attend Tuesday Gesher classes if they are already in 7th grade until they enter the b'nei mitzvah program
  • Have completed a minimum of three years of Hebrew classes - students enrolled in public or private school must begin Hebrew classes at Helfman Religious School in 4th grade; students enrolled in a Jewish day school must attend Helfman Religious School in 6th grade
  • The family of the student must be current on its financial membership commitments (see page 13 of the B'nei Mitzvah Parent Handbook for a complete list of fees per the temple's by-laws)

Students are strongly encouraged to continue their Jewish studies at Helfman Religious School through the 12th grade. 

 


B'NEI MITZVAH PRAYERS


ADONAI S'FATAI

AHAVAH RABBAH

AVODAH

AVOT V'IMAHOT

CANDLE BLESSING- READ

CANDLE BLESSING- SUNG

EVENING KIDDUSH

G'VUROT- SUMMER

G'VUROT- WINTER

HAFTARAH- AFTER BLESSING

HAFTARAH- BEFORE BLESSING

HAMOTZI

K'DUSHAT HASHEM

K'DUSHAT HAYOM

L'CHI LACH

MI CHAMOCHA- FRIEDMAN

MI CHAMOCHA- NICHOLS

MI CHAMOCHA- SIMMONS

MODIM

MORNING KIDDUSH

SHEHECHEYANU

SH'MA

TALLIT BLESSING

T'FILAT HADERECH

TORAH- AFTER BLESSING

TORAH- BEFORE BLESSING

V'AHAVTA

V'SHAMRU

YISM'CHU

YOTZER
Sat, May 4 2024 26 Nisan 5784