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Cedar Village B'nai Mitzvah Ceremony

27 Live Views 5 In Crowd Just weeks from now, Cedar Village will become the first anywhere to undertake an entirely new kind of mission—a B’nai Mitzvah Mission to Israel. What does that mean? Cedar Village is currently in its thirteenth year and as we thought about the… Just weeks from now, Cedar Village will become the first anywhere to undertake an entirely new kind of mission—a B’nai Mitzvah Mission to Israel. What does that mean? Cedar Village is currently in its thirteenth year and as we thought about the significance of that year in Jewish tradition, we recognized that is the time that young people have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, confirming their commitment to their faith. Why not, we thought, make the ceremony of Bar of Bat Mitzvah, B’nai Mitzvah, available to our residents?
On October 12, nine residents, both from our Health Care Center and apartments, will begin this unprecedented journey. And on October 15, at Robinson’s Arch in Jerusalem, they will take part in the B’nai Mitzvah ceremony. Some of the participants did not have the opportunity to do this when they were young people, others will be doing it for the second time. All will have a chance to say the blessings over the Torah, to read or chant a section and to deliver their own words of commentary.
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