Doesn’t a Bar or Bat Mitzvah have to take place in a synagogue?
No. A Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony can take place anytime and anywhere. According to Jewish law, public prayer requires the presence of a minyan (10 adults) during which time the Torah can be read in public. Location can be a synagogue, home, meeting place, an auditorium or anywhere that people are gathered together for public prayer. In Judaism, there is no such thing as ‘Sacred Place’ but rather, ‘Sacred Space’ which is created by people coming together for communal worship.
