also: バルミツヴァー
noun
bar mitzvah
Refers to the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony for a boy at age 13, or the boy himself. Used as a loanword in Japanese.
from Hebrew
彼は13歳でバルミツバーを迎えた。
He celebrated his bar mitzvah at age 13.
ユダヤ教では、バルミツバーは重要な通過儀礼だ。
In Judaism, the bar mitzvah is an important rite of passage.
Loanword from Hebrew 'bar mitzvah', meaning 'son of the commandment'.