Recently in the Kherson synagogue a holiday of bar and bat mitzvah took place. Four pupils of the Jewish school became bar and bat mitzvahs.
They were two boys, Menachem-Mendel Gritsenko and Leonid Ugrak, and two girls Karina Sargsyan and Avital’ Sokolovskaya.
As tradition goes they promised to grow spiritually. Karina Sargsyan will take a Jewish name Naomi next Shabbat which is translated as “pleasant”. Avital’ Sokolovskaya will now regularly light the Shabbat candles. Menachem-Mendel hopes that he will be honored to read Torah every Shabbat and Leonid Ugrak decided to make Brit-mila and will try to convince his parents.
The pupils present at the holiday watched carefully because for most of them have this holiday ahead.
The teacher rav Azariy Menaker was the host of the holiday. All the bar and bat mitzvahs were very serious like adults.
When time for congratulations came the chief rabi of Kherson and Kherson region Yoseph-Izchak Wolf said: “Until now, dear bar and bat mitzvahs, the way of your life was in the hands of your parents. They both had charge over you. But now as you are full aged it is not so. Now you yourself make the way and decide where to turn but I want you to remember that the main thing in life is to determine the ultimate goal, to choose the right direction. And from all our community I give you the best navigator – our Torah. By using it daily you will certainly keep going to right direction”.
Bar mitzvahs took the Torahs from the hands of the rabi and bat-mitzvahs got wonderful Shabbat candle holders from the rebetzn Chaya Wolf.
After this the time entertainment came.
