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| The bar mitzvah, which literally means “son of the commandment,” is a rite that marks a Jewish boy’s assumption of adult religious responsibility. At this point, generally at age 13, the boy becomes responsible for obeying the laws of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. At the ceremony the boy is called upon to read from the Torah. Here a boy is shown carrying a Torah scroll to the pulpit for his reading. | ||||||
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