Bat Mitzvah calendar
One of five in a Jewish Life-Cycle "Calendar" series of colorful folk art marker pen drawings, 11x14", 1992
Bat Mitzvah literally translates "daughter of the commandments". In the Jewish tradition, a girl's age of 12 or 13 notes the passage from childhood to adulthood, when she can assume the responsibilities of the mitzvot (good deeds) in Torah. The artwork is a visual calendar, starting in the left hand corner where the young girl studies the siddur (prayer book) in preparation for her becoming a Bat Mitzvah. The community public celebration of a girl reaching this milestore is a fairly new custom that originated in the United Sates, marking the occasion with rituals, prayers and celebration.
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