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Don't think of graduation as an achievement. Instead, think of it as a coming-of-age celebration, like a mitzvah. From that perspective, it doesn't seem so bad.
by lmkg 14y ago
Don't think of graduation as an achievement. Instead, think of it as a coming-of-age celebration, like a mitzvah. From that perspective, it doesn't seem so bad.
- philwelch 14y agoYou mean a Bar Mitzvah. A "mitzvah" is simply a commandment; the Bar Mitzvah is but one of these.
- necubi 14y agoAnd from experience, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah is certainly an achievement, not merely a coming of age ceremony. It was certainly the hardest thing I'd done by that age (13), and involves leading a full service in hebrew and reading from the Torah, also in (very antiquated) hebrew. Preparing for it involved tutoring for six months, in addition to biweekly hebrew and temple school classes for many years.