| If you are planning an upcoming bar mitzvah it is a | | | | to bring a gift, it does not need to be large or |
| good time to be sure you are up to date on the | | | | elaborate. There are no set rules for gift giving at |
| proper etiquette associated with the occasion. | | | | the event. |
| While some of them may be familiar, they should | | | | You will want to be sure to include the vital |
| all be taken into account before you create and | | | | contact information on your invitations so that |
| send the invitations out to all the guests. Also it is | | | | people can easily contact you with any gift giving |
| good information to know to help some of your | | | | questions they may have. If you are unsure of |
| guests who have never been to a bar mitzvah. | | | | what to tell them, you may suggest gift |
| Bar mitzvah invitations are used to invite guest to | | | | certificates, savings bonds, or even cash. |
| the celebration of the rite of passage of a Jewish | | | | Although, any gift that is age appropriate will work |
| thirteen year old child that signifies the beginning | | | | just fine. When it comes to wording your |
| of their journey into adulthood. Although, the | | | | invitations, be sure to include not only the date, |
| actual date of the bar mitzvah is up to the | | | | time, and location of the event but also the child's |
| amount of time it takes the child to complete | | | | name as well as their parents. |
| their religious training. There are two parts to | | | | If all your guests are coming to both the |
| every bar mitzvah: the ritual at the synagogue | | | | synagogue portion and reception you need only |
| and the reception that follows, much like a | | | | one invitation that has both locations and time. |
| wedding. At the synagogue the child will recite a | | | | However, if you have guest who will be coming |
| part of the Torah, how much is going to depend | | | | to just one or the other, you may think about |
| on the particular synagogue that the child belongs | | | | making a separate invite for each event. The |
| to. While this is usually reserved for young men | | | | guests who are not Jewish may appreciate only |
| there is a female version called a bat mitzvah. | | | | being invited to the reception portion of the bar |
| Many people like for the bar mitzvah invitations to | | | | mitzvah. While the wording of bar mitzvah |
| include information regarding gifts. While most | | | | invitations is pretty standard and does not take |
| people know that gifts are usually associated with | | | | much thinking, you can always make them more |
| the event, many will not know exactly what to | | | | memorable with Torah quotation, especially if it is |
| get. This is especially true for those who are not | | | | a part of the Torah that you child will be reciting |
| Jewish and have never attended one before. You | | | | at the synagogue. |
| should let them know that while it is customary | | | | |