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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Jewish. I invited Jewish and non-Jewish friends to my bat mitzvah. Nobody gave me less than $50, all the girls wore skirts or dresses except the two girls from Israel, and all the boys wore suits except the one from Israel (the Israeli kids dress down), and this was in 1989. So I would feel weird sending my kids to bar or bat mitzvahs giving LESS than what I was given over 20 years ago. I mean, inflation! [/quote] OP here, $50 seems like an extremly large amount of money for a 13 year old to gift to his friend.  If we do give money we wont be giving that much.  [/quote]

OP, some of the issue is that there is no standard bar/bat mitzvah gift or amount. It really comes down to local trends and traditions. Where I live in DC things are pretty mellow and parents frequently look at the celebration more like a big birthday bash. Where I grew up in Potomac bat/bar mitzvah celebrations tended to resemble wedding receptions. The tenor of the invitation and the location of the party after the religious service will help to give you clues about how the bar/bat mitzvah family perceives the event.[/quote]

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