The Significance of the Day
B'nai Mitzvah! All families should recognize the religious importance of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah, the rite of passage, and the whole Jewishness of the child. This life-cycle event will have long lasting meaning to the family, relatives, friends and especially the honored child.
Becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah symbolizes the child's coming of age and the beginning of life as a fully participating Jewish adult. He/she will now accept religious responsibilities and can perform the important duties of Jewish life.