Can I Make a Bat Mitzvah Celebration for My Daughter?

Quiz

1 - Why do we celebrate bar mitzvah?

• It’s a celebration of adulthood
• To give praise and thanks to G-d that the boy has merited to become a person who is obligated in mitzvot
• Thanking G-d that the father has merited to raise him to this point and bring him into the covenant of Torah

2 - Why should a bat mitzvah be different?

• There is almost no outward change in the role of a girl pre- or post- bat Mitzvah as opposed to a boy who now counts to a minyan
• Women have different mitzvot.
• According to some authorities, there is no difference

3 - Is making a bat mitzvah celebration a mitzvah? a. . b. . c.

• Some authorities qualify it as a regular birthday party
• If the goal is to celebrate her entrance in obligation of mitzvot, and not just to imitate the non-orthodox, then it’s a mitzvah
• It’s always a mitzvah