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Ella Nickerson’s Bat Mitzvah
I’m not used to sitting during services, but this day was different. It was my daughter’s bat mitzvah and for one Shabbat I wasn’t the rabbi, I was the dad.
I’ve been officiating at b’nei mitzvah ceremonies since the beginning of the pandemic. What started out as Zoom ceremonies has transitioned to outdoor, socially-distant, masked Shabbat services with plexi-shielded podia, liturgy and choreography adapted for this unique time.
A brave and resilient group of 13-year-olds around the country have stayed the course, completing their tutoring and rehearsals virtually and sometimes, encountering the physical Torah for the first time only on the day of their bar/bat mitzvah. My daughter was one of those students.