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My Daughter, the Bat Mitzvah

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My Daughter, the Bat Mitzvah

Hugo Schwyzer
Jan 18, 2021
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My Daughter, the Bat Mitzvah

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This coming Saturday, January 23, I will place my hands on my daughter’s head, and say five words in Hebrew: “Baruch she'p'tarani me'onsho shel zeh.” 

Heloise is turning 12, and will become the first family member in over a century to mark such a birthday in a synagogue.  She may well be the first girl ever to do so; though “bat mitzvahs” for girls have…

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