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Video summary

Jewish girl Me-Me introduces us to the Bat Mitzvah ceremony as she prepares to become a ‘Daughter of the Law’, learning to pray and to read the Torah in public.

Me-Me belongs to the Reformed Jewish religion. At 12 or 13, Jewish young people can become ‘sons or daughters of the Commandments’, of the Torah. We see her learning to pray and sing in Hebrew, a test for every young Jewish person as they grow up. We see her rehearsing the ceremony with her Rabbi.

From 91ȱ Series My Life, My Religion: Judaism.

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Teacher Notes

Ask pupils to watch the clip, then draw three circles, small medium and large, inside each other. In the centre circle, they draw themselves, and some things that make them unique.

The second circle has three drawings and six words: the three people who are closest to them and two words to describe each one.

The third circle has five people who matter, but are not so close to them – maybe a famous singer or sports person, and so on. They are each described in two words as well.

There are eight people in the clip about the Bat Mitzvah. Can pupils make a three circle diagram for Me-Me, like the one for themselves? (Best tackled in pairs, and with a second look at the clip).

This topic is relevant to KS2 Religious Education in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 2 Religious Studies in Scotland.

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