Identify a true statement about a bar mitzvah ceremony.
a. It is performed on the eighth day of a boy's life.
b. It creates the beginning of the obligation to obey the Torah.
c. It has been practiced since the inception of Judaism.
d. It is a coming-of-age ceremony.
d. It is a coming-of-age ceremony.
Analysis:
a, b & c. Incorrect. A common practice today for one becoming a bar/bat mitzvah is to do more than a blessing.
d. Correct. A Jewish young man becomes a bar mitzvah, which literally means "son of the commandment," in a coming-of-age ceremony.
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