We congratulate all those reaching Bar and Bat Mitzvah as adult members of the Jewish people. May you all reach your potential for greatness.
A child's bar/bat mitzvah is one of the great moments in the life of a Jewish family. It is a time of immense joy. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event and a recording it is a job that Marathon will do with perfection.
At the age of 13 (12 for girls), children become obligated to observe the commandments. The bar mitzvah ceremony formally marks the assumption of that obligation, along with the corresponding right to take part in leading religious services, to count in a minyan (the minimum number of people needed to perform certain parts of religious services), to form binding contracts, to testify before religious courts and to marry.