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Bar Mitzvah: A History
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from Jewish Pubn Society (June 1, 2014)
9780827609471 | details & prices | 318 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $30.00
About: The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony of bar mitzvah was first recorded in thirteenth-century France, where it took the form of a simple statement by the father that he was no longer responsible for his thirteen-year-old son.