Bnei Mitzah at Kehillat Nashira

Why chose Kehillat Nashira?

We offer all Bnei Mitzvah families a beautiful religious occasion bespoke to your family and child. We see a Bnei Mitzvah as the first step on a child’s adult Jewish journey, rather than an end point, so our Rabbi will work with you to plan another upcoming role for your child in our services as soon as possible.

Kehillat Nashira holds inclusivity as one of its top values. This means if you have a daughter celebrating, she will be able to lein or have an aliya in the same way that a boy could. Equally if you have a son celebrating, our community offers the opportunity to go beyond the typical roles, tailoring your celebration to their unique personality.

Please fill out the following form for enquiring about Bnei Mitzvah - this will enable us to prepare your simcha altogether!

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The Bat Mitzvah Cafe

The Bat Mitzvah Café programme is a new and exciting course for Year 6 girls preparing for their Bat Mitzvah!

Through three engaging modules, your daughter will explore Jewish texts, build confidence, and develop practical skills for Jewish life. Taught by Rabbi Miriam Lorie. The course is structured as follows:

Module One - 3 sessions
Learning the stories of our women ancestors through art, music, and Torah

Module Two - 3 sessions
Building leadership skills to lead kiddush, benching, and havdalah, and planning ahead to their Bat Mitzvahs

Module Three - retreat day
A retreat day with conversations about real life challenges and dilemmas

Bat Mitzvah Cafe

Borehamwood Bat Mitzvah Cafe

Why “Café”?

Everyone loves a drink in a cafe! Your daughter will get a personalised Bat Mitzvah mug in the first session and the course will have a chilled atmosphere with sofas and a hot chocolate bar for the break.

Course Details:

Dates:
- THURSDAYS 6.30-8PM: 8th January, 22nd January, 12th February, 5th March, 26th March, 16th April
- SUNDAY Full-day retreat: 26th April
- Plus Celebratory Shabbat Kiddush: Shabbat 9th May
Location: Borehamwood
Cost: £120 for non-members, £60 for Kehillat Nashira Builders, FREE for Kehillat Nashira Pillars.
With appreciation to JOFA UK for sponsoring this course.

(More details on Kehillat Nashira's Buildership can be found here)

Commitment: Attendance at all sessions is required

About Rabbi Miriam

Rabbi Miriam has taught many Bat Mitzvah students over the years and brings her experience and warmth to the Bat Mitzvah Café. This course offers a supportive, engaging environment for girls to explore Jewish texts, build leadership skills, and prepare for their Bat Mitzvah.

Detailed Course Description

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Module 1: Women Ancestors

Our opening module will look at 4 familiar characters, but in different ways to ever before. We’ll follow a curriculum full of art, poetry, midrash and music, created by singer-songwriter-teacher Alicia Jo Rabins. A grown-up - and sometimes dark - dive into the stories of the women who paved our way.

Session 1 - Sarah at the Akeida

When Hashem asks Avraham to sacrifice his son, there’s a missing character. This session will piece together where Sarah was that day and how things could have panned out differently, had she been consulted. Plus text skills resource: understanding the chronology of the Torah.

Session 2 - Miriam in the desert

We often think of Miriam singing and dancing with her tambourine after the sea split but there’s another story, filled with intrigue, of her speaking about Moshe’s marriage. This session covers contemporary issues like gossip, being a bystander, racism, and how much to get involved in other people’s problems. Plus text skills resource: understanding the geography of the Torah.

Session 3 - Vashti and Esther

As we approach Purim we’ll learn about the characters, midrash and art of the two female protagonists of the Megilla. These two characters show us two ways of having an impact as a woman in a less-that-fair world. Plus text skills resource: understanding the Jewish library over time