Bar Mitzvah during 3 weeks

miami85

Mon, Dec 30 2024, 2:55 pm

My son's bar mitzvah is during the 3 weeks. He wants the "shabbos portion" on the actual weekend--which logistically makes a lot of sense. It's right BEFORE boys go to camp and I go back to work in August (vs being off in July) so not sure how I'd pull something else off.

For my eldest I made a slideshow and a weekday bo-bayom seuda
My 2nd's birthday will be Thursday night where tzeis in July is close to 11pm. Which means Shabbos will also be around 11pm. When to show a slideshow? Use acapella for the slideshow?

I've suggested that he learn something in order to make a siyum in August but will it be "anticlimactic" to show a slideshow then?

mha3484

Mon, Dec 30 2024, 2:59 pm

Not at all. When you have a summer birthday my experience from just finishing the bar mitzvahs with my oldest kid is that its fairly common to make a siyum so its a seudas mitzvah when they come home from camp. Some of his friends did a bo bayom at camp too but they want to celebrate with their class.