סִדּוּר · Siddur

Bar Mitzvah Blessing

Bar Mitzvah Blessing is part of the Shabbat Shacharit & Musaf service of the traditional weekday siddur. The full Hebrew text with English translation appears below; open it in the free interactive siddur to follow along.

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Upon the completion of the bar mitzvah boy's first aliyah his father recites the following blessing (it is our custom to not recite the words in brackets):

בָּרוּךְ (אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם) שֶׁפְּטָרַנִי מֵעָנְשׁו שֶׁלָּזֶה:

Blessed be He who has released me from being punishable for this [boy].

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