95 Bar And Bat Mitzvah Trivia Questions with Answers

95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?

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Which Jewish prayer is traditionally recited by mourners but may also be heard during a bar or bat mitzvah service?

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Kaddish

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Which Jewish ritual object is a small container often presented as a bar mitzvah gift for holding wine?

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Kiddush cup

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In many Jewish communities, what project lets a bar or bat mitzvah student connect the ceremony with charitable action?

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Mitzvah project

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What Hebrew word names the blessing recited before a person reads from the Torah?

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Bracha

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Which Jewish movement is especially associated with pioneering the modern bat mitzvah ceremony?

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Reconstructionist Judaism

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In Chaim Potok’s novel The Chosen, what ceremony marks Danny Saunders’s Jewish religious adulthood?

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Bar mitzvah

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In Jewish tradition, what Hebrew term names the weekly Torah portion studied and read in synagogue, including for bar mitzvah preparation?

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Parashah

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What congratulatory phrase is commonly said at a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah?

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Mazel tov

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At the Western Wall in Jerusalem, what is the name of the area used for egalitarian bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies?

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Robinson’s Arch

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Which Jerusalem site is one of the world’s best-known locations for Jewish bar mitzvah ceremonies?

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Western Wall

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Which biblical book is traditionally read on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, a frequent season for Torah study?

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Book of Ruth

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What is the name of the Jewish calendar month in which Rosh Hashanah, the new year, begins?

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Tishrei

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In a traditional Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, what does the celebrant become responsible for observing?

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The commandments

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In Jewish tradition, what age marks a boy’s obligation to fast on Yom Kippur as an adult?

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Thirteen

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What is the Hebrew name for the ceremony marking a Jewish boy’s religious adulthood?

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Bar mitzvah

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What is the Hebrew term for the Jewish commandment or obligation central to a bar or bat mitzvah?

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Mitzvah

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Which American rabbi founded the Reconstructionist movement and was Judith Kaplan’s father?

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Mordecai Kaplan

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Which 2009 film by Joel and Ethan Coen includes Danny Gopnik’s bar mitzvah?

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A Serious Man

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In Judaism, what is the Hebrew term for a boy who has reached religious majority?

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Bar mitzvah

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What Hebrew word means “daughter of the commandment” in a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony?

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Bat mitzvah

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Which 1981 film adaptation of a Chaim Potok novel portrays friendship between two Jewish boys growing toward adulthood?

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The Chosen

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Which American author wrote The Chosen, a novel whose story includes Jewish boys approaching adulthood and religious expectations?

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Chaim Potok

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Which actor played Bernie Rubens in the 2006 bar-mitzvah comedy film Sixty Six?

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Gregg Sulkin

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Who wrote the 1976 British television play Bar Mitzvah Boy?

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Jack Rosenthal

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In the 2006 British film Sixty Six, what is the first name of the Jewish boy whose bar mitzvah is overshadowed by the 1966 World Cup final?

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Bernie

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At which New York synagogue did Judith Kaplan Eisenstein have the first widely recognized American bat mitzvah?

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Society for the Advancement of Judaism

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What Jewish prayer shawl is commonly given to a boy at a bar mitzvah and worn during prayer?

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Tallit

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah service, what Hebrew term names the final person called to the Torah, often reading the Haftarah?

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Maftir

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What Hebrew term describes the celebratory meal traditionally held after a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah?

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Seudat mitzvah

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In a Jewish bar or bat mitzvah ceremony, what is the Hebrew term for the blessing recited after the Torah reading?

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Birkat HaTorah

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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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What does the Hebrew-derived term “bar mitzvah” literally mean?

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Son of commandment

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In Judaism, what is the traditional age for a girl’s bat mitzvah in many communities?

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12

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In Judaism, at what age is a boy traditionally considered responsible for religious commandments at a bar mitzvah?

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13