Where can I find material for doing our sons bar mitzvah outside of temple?
Where can I find material for doing our son’s bar mitzvah outside of temple? Dear Rabbi, I am trying to put together a service for my son’s bar mitzvah. Our synagogue, which is reform, cannot do it when our family can be together, so we have elected to have an outside person perform the ceremony on a Saturday evening. This cantor has suggested I put the service together, so I am trying to find a short, but meaningful service. If you have any suggestions of where I can find such a thing, I would be very appreciative. Thanks, RobertAnswer: Dear Robert, Thank you for writing with your concerns about the date of your son’s bar mitzvah celebration and your search for an appropriate liturgy to celebrate the event. You write that you have chosen to celebrate your son’s becoming a bar mitzvah on a Saturday night outside of your congregation because, you say, the congregation cannot schedule the event at a time when your family can attend. My advice to you, I am nearly certain, is not what you
