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A bris is celebrated at the Kollel in Oak Park.

include a small celebration a month

before when the boy first puts on
his tefillin. A bo ba'yon is a festive

meal on the actual night of the
13th Hebrew

birthday. On
Shabbat, when
the bar mitzvah
boy reads from
the Torah in
shul, a large
kiddush for the
community
generally fol-
lows.
Gala Shabbat
meals are often
served for the
extended family
and out-of-town guests.
Within Orthodox circles, bat
mitzvahs are generally celebrated on
a smaller scale, often with a lun-
cheon or dinner for the 12-year-old
girl and her classmates.
On the evening when a woman
becomes a kallah — officially

engaged — a rchayim, or vort, is
held, normally at the home of the
kallah's parents. As well-wishers
pack the house, words of Torah and
praise for the
new couple are
spoken by rab-
bis. Guests
enjoy an array
of cakes and
sweets prepared
by the happy
mother-of-the-
bride-to-be and
her friends.
Bridal show-
ers are typically
hosted by a
dozen or so
friends of the bride or groom's
mother, and range from catered
chicken dinners in a synagogue to
luncheons, brunches or fancy
dessert buffets prepared by several
hostesses and held in neighborhood
homes.
The Shabbat before a wedding,

From cradle to
grave, simchas are
many and the
food plentiful.