Personal Narrative: My Visit To A Jewish Synagogue

I visited a Jewish synagogue in my area for my site visit. The experience was definitely very enlightening and also very enjoyable. The name of the synagogue is Chabad of West Pasco and they are actually apart of large group that is all over the United States, but they are funded locally by the community and not by the large location found in New York. The name of the Rabbi and co-director is Yossi Eber and also met his wife and co-director Dina Eber. They were very welcoming for the moment I reached out to them via telephone to set-up my visit. I made sure to inquire about their dress code and was advised by the Rabbi to just make sure to be dressed modest.
When I arrived to the service, referred to as Shabbat that stands for Sabbath (the day of rest), which is held on Saturdays at 10 in the morning, I instantly felt as if I was with family. The community was very much welcoming, and never once did I feel like an outsider. I was greeted with hugs from the members of the synagogue and made to feel right at home. I took notice that they majority of the women were dressed modestly and either had dresses on or

Those milestones being things such as a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. A bar mitzvah is celebrated for young boys turning thirteen. Bar mitzvah means, “son of mitzvah.” (Chabad.org). The representation of the bar mitzvah is to show that the boy is no longer a boy, but he is now a man. In becoming a young man the man is now responsible to the fulfill the commandments that were passed down to Moses from God Himself. He is held responsible to abide by all those commandments. Bat mitzvah is the celebration for a young girl—now unlike for the boys the girls celebrate when they turn twelve. For both birthdays a big celebration with friends and family is typically orchestrated to present the child to the community as official