Shavu'os and Bar Mitzvah: Causes For Celebration
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Description: Explains origins of some traditions in the celebration and why bar mitzvah is absent in the Torah.
Shavu'os and Bar Mitzvah: Causes For Celebration - Torah.org Shavu'os and Bar Mitzvah: Causes For Celebration It is well known that when a boy celebrates his thirteenth birthday and when a girl celebrates her twelfth birthday, the birthday celebration is not standard. At these ages, the boy and girl become a Bar and Bas Mitzvah, respectively. They are now obligated to keep all of the Mitzvos of the Torah. The entrance into this new stage in a boy's and girl's life is celebrated. The interesting thing about a Bar and Bas Mitzvah is that we don't find any explicit commandment in the Torah to celebrate this occasion. The Chasam Sofer poses this question in his commentary in Parshas Vayechi. He compares this glaring omission to another omission that we find in the Torah. When one would look in the Torah to see why we celebrate the holiday of Shavu'os, one would find that no association is made between Shavu'os and the giving of the Torah. (See vol. I # 24.) We all know that Shavu'os is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah, and it would seem fitting that we celebrate this anniversary on Shavu'os. Yet, the Torah only mentions the bringing of the Omer and the bringing of Bikkurim (first fruits) as reasons for celebration. Why does the Torah not mention any celebration of the anniversary of Matan Torah, the giving of the Torah to the nation of Israel?
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