Rabbi Isaac Rice

Rabbi Isaac Rice teaches Judaic Studies and heads the Halacha department at the SKA High School for Girls in Nassau County, NY, and is a rabbi at Congregation Anshei Chesed in Hewlett, NY.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

A Look At The Halachos Of A Bas Mitzvah Celebration – 100 Years After The First One In America

By Rabbi Isaac Rice

Although there is no custom to make a banquet when a girl reaches maturity (on her 12th birthday), she should nevertheless rejoice on that day, and wear her Shabbos clothes.