Our neighbor, Shane, is now a Bat Mitzvah. Today was the service at her temple in which she becomes a Bat Mitzvah. We were invited and we watched the whole ceremony. Shane led most of the service, including singing/chanting prayers, giving a lesson (similar to a story / sermon) and did so looking at ease and confident.
For someone who's not quite thirteen, it must have been daunting. She has been going to Hebrew school each week for close to a year now to prepare for this day. She is now recognized as an adult member of the Jewish community.
I thought the entire service was lovely. It was a friendly crowd, the two rabbi's were helpful and encouraging and her family and friends help at different parts of the service with specific tasks.
There was a guitar player/singer who stood up front the whole time and added tremendously to the ambience of the entire service. Her Hebrew pronunciation was excellent, as was her singing voice.
We are so proud of Shane, In just a few hours we're going to go celebrate with her and her family at her party, which is at the airport private terminal, which they've rented out for the event!
The Big Boy Update: My son was eating edamame beans and one of the outer membranes came off a bean. It looked like a hollow bean with a gaping hole. He told my husband, "it looks like a frog mouth." Then, he decided it looked like a lizard mouth and finally he said it was a turtle mouth. All green things that that little pod shell looked like to him.
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter asks for something to eat from time to time. It's hard to understand which item she wants so we ask her to clarify, "do you want cereal or celery?" She replies "I want some cel-er-a-ree-al."
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