Congregation Solel Online B'nei Mitsva Handbook
Dear Parents,
One of the most important benchmarks in a Jewish child’s upbringing is the Bar Mitsva process. Becoming a bar or bat mitsva means taking responsibility for your Jewishness and your relationship with God. At congregation Solel we do this through the same three pillars that hold up the world, according to the rabbis of the Talmud: Torah, Avodah (worship) and Gmilut Chassadim (acts of loving kindness).
The Torah of a Bar Mitsva is introduced at the beginning of Religious School and continues through confirmation and into adulthood. Avodah, sacred worship, is part of our Jewish living, but the Shabbat service of the bar or bat mitsva becomes a benchmark event in the child’s life. Gmilut Chassadim (acts of loving kindness) are manifested in the Mitsva Project and the tsedaka of each family.
The links below were designed to make the Bar/Bat Mitsva process at Congregation Solel as easy to understand as possible. As policy changes, so may these pages change, but in general we have tried to answer as many questions as we could so that this process can be one of joy and celebration.
Of course, you can always direct questions to the Religious School office and the Director of Education by phone (847) 433-3417 or by email, religious_school@solel.org.
Mazel tov on your forthcoming simcha!
Geoff Prass
Director of Education
Congregation Solel On-line Bnei Mitsva Handbook
What can we expect from Congregation Solel?
What does Congregation Solel expect of our family?
What is expected of the Bat or Bar Mitsva?
How will the Bar/Bat mitsva fit in with the Shabbat Service?
The Timeline of Bar/Bat Mitsva preparation
What are the Costs?
What are the details?
Everything you need to know about tutoring
The Mitsva Project
Making Tsedakah part of the Bar/Bat Mitsva
Intercongregational Bar/Bat Mitsva Task Force Position Paper on Bar/Bat Mitsva
Use of the Congregation Solel Facilities
The History of the Bar [Bat] Mitsva
Making it Count - A URJ Guide to the Bar/Bat Mitsva Process
