Max's Bar Mitzvah

This past weekend, we celebrated Max's coming of age in the Jewish tradition. A Bar Mitzvah. The planning of this weekend was done over the last 9 years, since Max started learning about the Jewish faith, history, and culture at our local synagogues Sunday school class. Last year, while we started preparing for the event, we decided that our old temple was not for us, and went in search of another option.

We were lucky enough to find Shema Israel, and a wonderful teacher who was able to teach Max from the beginning. The ceremony was very nice, and Max was flawless. His portion was Bo - the plagues during Moses's time. Sam, his younger brother, illuminated everyone in the congregation by knowing the different plagues - given the Hebrew words by the rabbi - and told us all what they were. I was a very proud mama. The kiddush after the ceremony was very nice, too.

Later, we had a "kid party" at Dave & Busters to celebrate many years of learning. Max's friends and family were treated to a dinner, billiards, shuffleboard and games in the gameroom. All went fairly smoothly. Whew.

I'll download a picture later.