what is a rite of passage
A rite of passage is a ceremony or event marking an important transitional stage in an individual’s life. Typical rites of passage include birth, the transition of childhood to adulthood, marriage and death.
Rites of Passage are:
1. Individual orientated: i.e. change takes place in situation of the individual and this change provides initial impulse to move from one state to the next
2. Non-recurrent: individual experiences them once in a life time (excluding marriage)
3. Anticipated: prepared in advance (opening mass & recurrent, not individual orientated)
A Bar Mitzvah is an anticipated and non-recurrent rite of passage as it is expected and planned at a certain time of a child’s life. It is an initiation ritual and is a critical point in a Jewish child’s life as they make the sought after transition into adulthood.
Rites of Passage are:
1. Individual orientated: i.e. change takes place in situation of the individual and this change provides initial impulse to move from one state to the next
2. Non-recurrent: individual experiences them once in a life time (excluding marriage)
3. Anticipated: prepared in advance (opening mass & recurrent, not individual orientated)
A Bar Mitzvah is an anticipated and non-recurrent rite of passage as it is expected and planned at a certain time of a child’s life. It is an initiation ritual and is a critical point in a Jewish child’s life as they make the sought after transition into adulthood.