RLGA02H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Septuagint, Torah, Tefillin

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Bar mitzvah son of the commandments"; the title given to a 13 year old boy when he is initiated into adult ritual responsibilities; some branches of judaism also celebrate a bat mitzvah for girls. Hebrew bible: one from the pentateuch (5 books of moses which make up the first section of the bible) and one from the second section called the prophets. The idea that adulthood begins at 13 is based on an ancient concept of legal majority that has nothing to do with attaining adult status in the modern world. The ceremony signifies the arrival at the age of r itual and moral responsibility where, for example, they can be called upon to read aloud from the sacred scripture at synagogue services. I t is a ri te of passage to maturity. Minyan the quorum of ten required for a prayer service in the synagogue. Septuagint the greek translation of the hebrew scriptures, made in alexandria in hellenistic times.

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