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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what is the name of the wooden cabinet where the Torah scrolls are kept?

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Aron Kodesh

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what is the Hebrew name for the reading from the Prophets that follows the Torah reading?

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Haftarah

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah context, what Hebrew word names the leather prayer boxes traditionally used during weekday morning prayer?

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Tefillin

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what is the Hebrew name for the prayer book used by the congregation?

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Siddur

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah ceremony, what is the Hebrew term for the speech or teaching traditionally delivered by the celebrant?

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D’var Torah

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what is the Hebrew name for the handwritten scroll containing the Five Books of Moses?

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Sefer Torah

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What calendar determines the date of a Jewish child’s bar or bat mitzvah, rather than the Gregorian calendar alone?

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Hebrew calendar

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What religious item is a Jewish boy traditionally expected to begin wearing regularly after becoming bar mitzvah?

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Tefillin

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According to Pirkei Avot 5:21, what age is associated with becoming obligated to observe Jewish commandments?

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13

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What is the name of the weekly biblical reading often chanted by a bar or bat mitzvah celebrant after the Torah reading?

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Haftarah

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Who had the first widely recognized American bat mitzvah, held in New York City in 1922?

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Judith Kaplan

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What is the plural term commonly used for a group of people reaching bar or bat mitzvah age?

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B’nai mitzvah

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