Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Training to become B'nai (Bar or Bat) Mitzvah is part of our religious school program. The process accelerates in sixth or seventh grade in a year-long course of study with our cantor and rabbi. This preparation is celebrated when the B'nai Mitzvah reads Torah and offers a sermon before our congregation during our Shabbat morning service. For more information, please email or call Denise Crevin, Director of Education at 916-446-4861.
Adult B'nai Mitzvah
Some Jewish adults did not have the opportunity to celebrate becoming Bar or Bat Mitzvah with a service at the age of thirteen. To address this need, our clergy leads a small group of adults in an 18-month study of Jewish history and tradition, theology, Hebrew, studying the Torah portion, Torah reading or chanting, haftarah reading or chanting, and the skills needed to conduct a Shabbat service. The class culminates in the participants' conducting a Shabbat morning service.
Unfortunately a new Adult B'nai Mitzvah class will not be arranged until it is safe to meet together in person. Please read this letter from Cantor Julie Steinberg to learn more.