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Why hold a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at Masada ?
· How Many Ceremony Options Are There?
· How Far Ahead Should Bar Mitzvah Arrangements Be Made?
· What Should Be Brought from Home for the Aliyah to the Torah?
· The Length of the Service
· The Men's Gallery and the Women's Gallery
· How Much Does a Bar Mitzvah Cost on Masada?
Why hold a Bar/Bat Mitzvah at Masada?
There are a number of reasons why Masada is a great place to plan a Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
- The scenery is absolutely priceless, as is the unique air that is found only along the shore of the Dead Sea.
- The location is convenient to numerous other outstanding nearby tourist attractions which can fill the rest of family's day, once your son or daughter has joined the rest of the adult Jewish world.
- Most of all, Masada provides the kind of meaningful experience that can be found nowhere else on earth. The sacred ceremony is conducted in a setting where hundreds of other Jewish feet have trod and hands have touched the archaic stones thousands of years before.
How Many Ceremony Options Are There?
There are four possibilities:
- Sunrise Ceremony – Mounting Masada from the eastern side (Dead Sea), contingent upon a special operation of the cable car involving extra cost. The ceremony can take place in the ancient synagogue.
- Sunrise Ceremony – Mounting Masada from the western side (via the Roman Ramp, approach from Arad), the ceremony can take place in the ancient synagogue.
- An 8 am Ceremony - The ceremony can take place in the ancient synagogue up until 9:30 am.
- A Ceremony in the Beis Midrash or Zealots Dwelling – commencing at 9:30 am until site closure.
How Far Ahead Should Bar Mitzvah Arrangements Be Made?
- We recommend coordinating arrangements for the Bar Mitzvah as early as possible in order to permit us to make proper arrangement at our end.
What Should Be Brought from Home for the Aliyah to the Torah?
- Laying Tefillin: If for any reason whatsoever you do not have the possibility to purchase tefillin for your son, The Dead Sea Chabad House will lend him a set for tefillin to allow him to lay them. The "Bar Mitzvah Center" will be happy to assist in this matter.
- Torah Scroll: Masada has at the disposal of the congregant's two torah scrolls. The Torah scrolls are located in the Holy Ark inside the ancient synagogue.
The Length of the Service
The Men's and Women's Galleries
How Much Does a Bar Mitzvah Cost on Masada?
- The ascent to Masada is against payment that is varied and depends on the means of access, whether by cable car or by foot etc.
- The Masada Management does not permit visitors entering the site with refreshments.
- Each boy celebrating his Bar Mitzvah on Masada is presented with an elegant personalized certificate, signed by the site's Rabbi, sting that the boy chose to celebrate this exciting moment of his life at a place of bravery and self sacrifice – Masada.
- The Center assists in providing information and following services:
· Ways of approaching the site and parking possibilities
· Information about services and reading of the Torah
· Lending of tefillin and tallises
· Guide for prayers and laying tefillin
· The possibility for a chazzan (cantor) and for a Torah reader
· Organizing a Minyan if so needed
· Pre Bar Mitzvah study material
Our website address: www.masada-barbatmitzvah.com
To contact the Masada Bar Mitzvah Center
