What are the bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah?

What symbols and events highlight the Jewish marriage ceremony?

Bar Mitzvah = boys

Bat Mitzvah = girls

- Primary coming of age ritual

- become responsible for observing practices of adults

- read from the Torah

Judaism Marriage

- recreates Garden of Eden

- union between Adam and Eve

- symbols

- huppah: bridal canopy in which bride and groom stand under that creates a sacred space

- 7 blessings over cup of wine

- groom breaks wine glass under foot

- symbolizes that marriage might have some pain to be overcome