Ritual Differences Between Bar Mitzvah And Confirmation

Rituals marked important sites for the creation of gender identity. Ritual activities provided the stage settings for women and men to carry out socially appropriate behaviors marking key points along the moving edge of their life course. In the process, rituals posited a set of gender expectations that were complicated by the realities of everyday life, for ritual practices embodying definitions of masculinity and femininity were alive to other variables such as age, class, personal circumstances, or changing political relationships. Men and women constructed both each other’s honor and gender identity by means of a complicated ‘network of oppositions and dependencies’. Shows a view of gender constructs alongside the practical relationships and tasks that bound men and women together.

Another ritual can found at the Bat Mitzvah party when the candle lighting takes place. This is when the girls would have family member who come and light a candle on the cake and she would give a short speech on the family member she called up. The first candle is dedicated to the dead family members. During the Hora (being hoisted up in a chair) all of the guest will get up and starts dancing around the girl (What Happens At a Bar Mitzvah Party?). The music that will be played during the Hora is Hava Nagila. The purpose of this dances is to honor the Bat Mitzvah (Kaplan).

A lot of people don’t know, but within the bar and bat mitzvah ceremony one can be a part of a huge storytelling ceremony as well. When the bar and bat mitzvah are called up to the Torah, they are assigned a certain Torah portion or a Haftorah. The Torah portion is from the five books of Moses, and the Haftorah comes from the book of the prophets. The Torah portion and Haftorah one is given depends on the day they were born and the day they will be having their services.

You bring light to some very important meanings of “mitzvah”. Being of the Catholic religion, whenever I heard that someone was having a bar/bat mitzvah for their child, I immediately thought the party celebration was the most important aspect of this Jewish milestone. I never had the pleasure of attending anyone’s bar/bat mitzvah, but have seen pictures and heard of the elaborate amount of money spent on the festivities. It is interesting to learn about the definition of the word and how it connotes following the commandments, performing good deeds, and having unity with peers. I think that all the years of schooling to learn the Torah, to speak Hebrew, and then tell those present in the Synagogue what they have learned should be

To begin, bar and bat mitzvah is the Hebrew Jewish way of saying “the son and daughter of the commandment”. According to the Jewish law, a bar and bat mitzvah ceremony is recognition that a child has reached spiritual maturity and can now take on the responsibilities of an adult: “Spiritual maturity is the ability to experience the depth and complexity of life”

If we will look closer to the initiation rituals for example, in Africa, we will see that most of them have a traditional script. The final goal of initiation is always the same - by a peculiar

Since the beginning of time coming of age ritual have existed. Whether it be circumcision or hunting, or quinceaneras, coming of age ceremonies to celebrate adulthood have been around ever since the beginning of time. There are many different coming of age ceremonies that vary depending on a certain religion. In the catholic religion there are several, first baptism, first communion, confirmation. Judaism does not fall behind on coming of age ceremonies. One of the most important coming of age ceremonies for a young Jew is a known as a Bar mitzvah.

Within many religions, marriage is a expressed as a significant ritual, which expresses the legal and religious binding of two individuals as they transition into a formalised relationship. Analysis of the ritual of marriage in the Jewish faith through the utilisation of both Van Gennep and Victor Turner's model portray the significant contribution culture and family has within all aspects of the ritual. The Pre-Liminal phase of the ritual incorporates Jewish Weddings rituals have significant cultural impacts on both individuals and the Jewish community as a result of the Pre-Liminal, Liminal and Post-Liminal aspects of Van Gennep's model which further enhance the sociological importance of the marriage. The ritual of Jewish marriage is significant

The rites of passage is the way of life for many cultures. These rites of passage are the beginning and endings of a particular stage of your life such as, birth, adulthood, marriage and death. One of the most important rites of passage that many of us experience and will always remember vividly is the rite of passage to adulthood. Different cultures have different ways to celebrate the transitioning process; the age range varies as well as different the events to overcome in order to complete the rite of passage. In this paper, I will explore and examine the differences and similarities of rite of passage in different cultures and how religion plays a major part in the rite of passage in many cultures and how rite of passage difference from

Christianity is the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion believers, nearly a third (31percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth (Pew Research Center, 2015). In many Western Christian churches, those deriving from Rome after the East-West Schism, a young person celebrates his/her coming-of-age with the Sacrament of Confirmation (Harrill, 2002). In Eastern Orthodoxy the baptizing Priest gives Confirmation to infants, directly after baptism. This is usually done by the Bishop laying his hands upon the forehead of the young person, usually between the ages of 12 to 15 years, and marking them with the seal of the Holy Spirit. In some denominations during this sacrament the child, now considered an adult in the eyes of God, adopts a confirmation name which is added onto their Christian name.

The Ceremony of Twelve is different from our birthdays because they get a major when they turn twelve. “For some- one studious male had been selected as Doctor, a female as Engineer, and another for Law and Justice-it would be years of hard work and study” Lowry 71. First, when we turn twelve, we don’t get anything other than gifts. Second, when we turn twelve years old, we don’t get a major.

This ethnographic study will outline and examine the wedding ceremonies from within Catholicism and Judaism, showing the similarities and differences between the two religions, having the main focal point the origins and traditions of the two religions.

Both, coming of age- and marriage rituals are shared by most cultures. While the rituals vary from culture to culture, coming of age rituals are usually supposed to mark a boy/girl’s entrance into adulthood. Safety is probably the number one affair we deal with and since the coming of age is the time where a boy/girl becomes a lot more independent, we want them to be safe. Not every culture defines a certain age when someone is considered an adult, like in the USA where you are an adult once you are 18 years old. In cultures, where survival is an everyday fight, coming of age rituals are a significant test to tell when a boy/girl is ready to survive on his/her own. While coming of age is essential, the trait of marriage offers a lot more varieties and is handled

At the Easter Vigil, “a blazing fire is prepared… outside the church… on this most sacred night, in which… [the Catholic Church celebrates the] Lord Jesus Christ[‘s passing]… over from death to life.” The fire is then blessed by the priest. After igniting and blessing the Easter fire, “one of the [attending] ministers brings the paschal candle to the priest, who cuts a cross into the candle… Then he makes the Greek letter Alpha above the cross, the letter Omega below, and the four numerals of the current year between the arms of the cross.” After marking the Christ candle with all the symbols just mentioned, “the priest may insert five grains of incense into the Easter candle in the form of a cross.” These two ritual actions (i.e. the blessing of the fire and the preparation of the Paschal candle) are essential moments in the Easter Vigil liturgy. This paper will explore why these two ceremonial actions are significant to the Catholic Church. To fully appreciate why these two actions are so meaningful, it is necessary to examine four questions. First, what is the historical and symbolic background of these two actions? Second, how are these two procedures initiatory? Third, what do they teach us about the initiatory process? Fourth, what do these two ritualistic actions suggest for parish life?

Ritual can be defined as a religious or solemn ceremony which is made up of a sequence of actions performed in order to achieve a particular outcome. The purpose of this ethnographic report is to examine the effectiveness of the symbol system of the MSM liturgy in terms of the ritual purpose and the extent of the reflection on Christian stories and beliefs of the Easter Triduum.