Editing Talk:Bar and bat mitzvah (section)

== Scheduling of bar mitzvah ==

A couple of Judaism 101 questions:
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In the film ''[[Sixty Six (film)|Sixty Six]]'' "based on the true life bar mitzvah of director Paul Weiland", the plot hinges on the fact that the protagonist's Bar Mitzvah is scheduled for the same day as the 1966 [[World Cup]], and the resulting conflict in priorities evidenced by his relatives and friends. 
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AFAIK (and I don't) it's not necessary that a Bar Mitzvah be scheduled on any specific day. Yes? No?
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On the other hand, I assume that a Bar Mitvah must be scheduled so as to avoid conflicts with various [[Jewish holiday|holidays]].(?) -- [[Special:Contributions/201.37.230.43|201.37.230.43]] ([[User talk:201.37.230.43|talk]]) 22:46, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
: There is a difference between a Bar Mitzvah (on the 13th birthday) and the Bar Mitzvah party. Most prefer to have it on the exact day and on the shabbat following it. [[User:Happy138|Happy138]] ([[User talk:Happy138|talk]]) 07:29, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
::A child becomes bar/bat mitzvah at the set age-- the ritual and/or party is just to recognize the milestone (like how one ages another year regardless of whether one has a birthday party).  Also, I was born in January, but because my parents were afraid of a possible snowstorm ruining the day, we set the service and reception for April (and sure enough, it snowed the weekend of my birthday). [[User:NewkirkPlaza|NewkirkPlaza]] ([[User talk:NewkirkPlaza|talk]]) 21:40, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
<br> A lot of communities don't strictly do the birthday thing either. Many places don't do them during the summer months, have policies as to whether multiple unrelated kids can have theirs on the same day, and so forth, so a lot of them end up being just at some point during the school year that the teen turns 13. Some places let b'mitzvah students choose the date based on the parsha they resonate with. Someone can probably pull up synagogue websites or blog posts to find citations if we want this added. [[User:Triangular|Triangular]] ([[User talk:Triangular|talk]]) 19:59, 29 August 2022 (UTC)