bar mitzvah

(bär mitsvə; Hebr′mits vä)

or bar mizvah

  1. a Jewish boy who has arrived at the age of religious responsibility, thirteen years
  2. ☆ the ceremony celebrating this event

Origin: Yiddish bar-mitsve < Heb-Aram < Aram bar, son of + Heb mitsva, commandment

to confirm (a boy) as a bar mitzvah

See bar mitzvah in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or bar miz·vah

noun
  1. A 13-year-old Jewish boy, considered an adult and responsible for his moral and religious duties.
  2. The ceremony that initiates and recognizes a boy as a bar mitzvah.
transitive verb bar mitz·vahed or bar miz·vahed, bar mitz·vah·ing or bar miz·vah·ing, bar mitz·vahs or bar miz·vahs
To confirm in the ceremony of bar mitzvah.

Origin:

Origin: Hebrew bar miṣwâ

Origin: : Aramaic bar, son; see bn in Semitic roots

Origin: + Hebrew miṣwâ, commandment; see mitzvah

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