Chabad (Lubavitch) Bar Mitzvah party, Paris, France, Europe

Jewish Bar Mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall), Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah in a synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

A Bar Mitzvah celebration near the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah celebration, Paris, France, Europe

Bar Mitzvah in a synagogue, Paris, France, Europe

Bar Mitzvah celebration, Paris, France, Europe

Detail of several of the 13 candles for a Bar Mitzvah, Paris, France, Europe

Bar Mitzvah at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Jewish boy at the bar mitzvah ceremony, Jewish confirmation, in front of the Wailing Wall, Israel, Middle East, Orient

Jewish boy at the bar mitzvah ceremony, Jewish confirmation, in front of the Wailing Wall, Israel, Middle East, Orient

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, decorated Torah scroll on table with young man celebrating his Bar Mitzvah, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Torah scroll standing on the table for the bar mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western or Wailing Wall in the direction of the Jewish Quarter, boy is carrying the Torah scroll with the help of his father, Muslim Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Torah scroll is taken back to the cabinet, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the Books of the Prophets, Haftarah, underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, men holding up Torah scroll, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East