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Bat mitzvah

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Bat mitzvah (Heb., ‘daughter of the commandment’). The status for a girl of attaining religious adulthood (cf. BAR MITZVAH for a boy). No ceremonies are laid down in the law, but a liturgy is contained in the Reform New Union Prayer Book (1975); the ceremonies are more elaborate in Progressive Judaism.

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bat mitzvah

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

bat mitzvah in Judaism, a religious initiation ceremony for a Jewish girl aged twelve years and one day, regarded as the age of religious maturity. The word comes from Hebrew baṯ miṣwāh ‘daughter of commandment’, suggested by bar of Chancery.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "bat mitzvah." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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bat mitzvah

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bat mitz·vah / bät ˈmitsvə/ • n. a religious initiation ceremony for a Jewish girl aged twelve years and one day, regarded as the age of religious maturity. ∎ the girl undergoing such a ceremony.

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