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Bar Mitzvah - What you don't need to do

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Nowhere in the Torah does it say that the napkins at the bar mitzvah reception need to match the flowers. It

Trope Trainer - learn how to chant Torah

It really doesn't have to be like that. We think that one of the main reasons that parents go nuts over color schemes and other ultimately less-than-important details is that in many cases, this is all they know how to do. That is, many parents aren't able to work with their children to seriously study the Torah portion or reading from the Prophets or Writings (called the haftarah in Hebrew, commonly pronounced haftorah in Ashkenazi circles). So they throw themselves into the logistics of The Event, and more's the pity. Not only do they not share in the learning that their child is (hopefully) doing, but they drive themselves crazy over all those pesky details.

Here at the Jewish Book Mall, we want to be part of the solution, and yes, we can speak from experience. There are, thankfully, a number of very nice books to help you and your child keep or regain a focus on what a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah is all about. The day should really be your child's first opportunity to participate in the congregation of adults as an adult, most visibly by being called to the Torah for an aliyah and chanting the haftarah, but also by teaching the congregation something about the week's reading. It's not a celebration of the child and whatever his hobby or her favorite color might be. It's about the kids taking their place in the adult community.

Now, having said that, and lest you think we're a bunch of party-poopers here at the book mall, it is also a cause for celebration. Relatives from all over will be coming together, and it is a simcha. So there are also good books to help you plan your simcha so that it is indeed joyous - and, we hope, meaningful. Mazal tov!

New! Bar/Bat Mitzvah Software

Here are computer programs and other goodies to help you (or your child) learn how to read and chant Torah, plus software to help you plan a bar mitzvah, courtesy of our affiliate jewishsoftware.com.

Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Kol Kore Ashkenaz - Professional Torah Reading Trainer for Torah & Haftorah	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Kol Kore Sephard - Professional Torah Reading Trainer for Torah & Haftorah	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - All Five Books - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Bereshit (Genesis) - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Shemot (Exodus) - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool
Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Vayikra (Leviticus) - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Bamidbar (Numbers) - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool	Bar Mitzvah Tutor - Devarim (Deuteronomy) - A Professional Bar Mitzvah Training Tool	Mazal Tov Planner - Ideal tool for organizing your next Affair	Jewish Time - Interactive Jewish Calendar

Books on Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah

Putting God on the Guest List: How to Reclaim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Child's Bar or Bat Mitzvah by Jeffrey K. Salkin	For Kids--Putting God on Your Guest List: How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah by Jeffrey K. Salkin	Bar Mitzvah: A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age by Eric A. Kimmel	The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Book: Everything You Need to Plan a Meaningful Celebration by Patti Moskovitz	The Complete Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planner: An Indispensable, Money-Saving Workbook for Organizing Every Aspect of the Event-From Temple Service to Reception by Linda Seifer Sage
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Planbook by Jane Lewit, Ellen Epstein	Bar Mitzvah by David Mamet, Donald Sultan (Illustrator)	The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Memory Book by Jeffrey K. Salkin, Nina Salkin	Bar Mitzvah Lessons by Martin Elsant	In the Thirteenth Year by Sandra C. Satten
Whose Bar/Bat Mitzvah Is This, Anyway?: A Guide for Parents Through a Family Rite of Passage by Judith Davis	Back of Beyond: A Bar Mitzvah Journey by Dvora Waysman	How to Survive and Profit from Your Son's Bar Mitzvah: Or Other Significant Event Where You Are Expected to Pay the Bill by Marvin Shapiro	The Bravo Bar/Bat Mitzvah Organizer by Mary Lou Burton	Bar/Bat Mitzvah Basics: A Practical Family Guide to Coming of Age Together by Helen Leneman
The mystery of the missing bar mitzva gift by Eliezer Gevirtz	Bat Mitzvah: A Jewish Girl's Coming of Age by Barbara Diamond Goldin	The Bat Mitzvah Club: Debbie's Story by Shayna Meiseles, Esther Frimmerman	Pink Slippers, Bat Mitzvah Blues by Ferida Wolff	The Bar/Bat Mitzvah Autograph Book by Miriam Seiden Novack
Jewish Heroes, Jewish Values: Living Mitzvot in Today's World by Barry L. Schwartz	Haftarah chanting by Pinchas Spiro	Creative Bar/Bat Mitzvah teaching by Stephen Rittner	Bar & Bat Mitzvah in Israel: The Ultimate Family Sourcebook by Judith Isaacson, Deborah Rosenbloom	My Brother's Bar Mitzvah by Janet Gallant, Susan Avishai (Illustrator)
Good If It Goes by Gary Provost	Bar Mitzvah by Howard Greenfeld	King of the Seventh Grade by Barbara Cohen	Checklist for a Perfect Bar Mitzvah (And a Bat Mitzvah) by Helene Jeiven	Does Anyone Here Know the Way to Thirteen? by Stephen Kaufman

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