bat mitzvah

bat mitzvah

See also: batmitzvah

English

Alternative forms

• bas mitzvah (via Yiddish)

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה‎ (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑt ˈmɪtsvə/

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Noun

bat mitzvah (plural bat mitzvahs or b'not mitzvah)

1. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl.
2. (Judaism) A girl who has come of age.

Related terms

• bar mitzvah

Translations

Jewish coming of age ceremony for a girl

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: batmicvo Finnish: bat mitsva German: Bat-Mizwa (de) Hebrew: בַּת מִצְוָה‎‎ f (bát mitsvá) Polish: bat micwa f Russian: бат ми́цва (bat mícva) Yiddish: בת־מיצווה‎ f (bas-mitsve)

girl who has come of age

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: bat mitsva Russian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

bat mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bat mitzvahs, present participle bat mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bat mitzvahed)

1. (transitive) To initiate (someone) in a bat mitzvah ceremony.
   • 2022 October 1, Jessica Grose, “Teaching My Kids How to Be Jewish, One Plate of Apples at a Time”, in The New York Times‎:

     Though I was bat mitzvah’d, my parents always made it clear that they weren’t big proponents of organized religion either. But being Jewish was still woven into the fabric of my upbringing with rituals, family history and core values.

Translations

initiate someone in a bat mitzvah ceremony

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tulla bat mitsvaksi Russian: please add this translation if you can