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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/03-13-10.jpeg16181080When children reach halakhic maturity – age twelve for girls and thirteen for boys – they are considered adults. From then on, they are obligated to study Torah and keep all the mitzvot. True, their parents must continue to educate them as long as they are living at home, but the primary responsibility passes to the young adults themselves. It is a tremendous privilege to be obligated in mitzvot. In the words of our Sages, “The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to confer merit upon the Jews. That is why He gave them Torah and commandments in abundance” (Mishna, Makkot 3:16). For this reason, it is customary to have a party when a child becomes subject to the mitzvot – which is the meaning of the phrases bat and bar mitzva. Ideally, the party should be held on the day of the birthday. If that is difficult, the celebration ...