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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OT but if you are very poor and cannot afford a BM party, what happens? Does the community help plan and pay for one?[/quote]

I assume you have what you can afford?  My kid went to a Bar Mitzvah one weekend where they had a kiddush lunch at the temple, and then went to a Farm in Potomac or Gaithersburg or something where there was a zip line, and mini golf, and a giant barbecue and a couple hundred kids, and they got expensive personalized favors.  It was lots of fun and he had a good time.

The next weekend he went to a Bar Mitzvah where he went home right after the service.  The next day, he went back to the temple and they spent a few hours playing ping pong in the basement of the temple with a handful of boys.  For favors they got a little bag with Israeli candy.  My kid thought the bazooka bubblegum with the Hebrew comics was incredibly awesome, and had just as much fun as he had the weekend before.

I see it as like a wedding.  The important thing is that you have the people you care about there, and that you go through the right of passage, and make memories.  If you can afford a massive blow out, then go for it but don't put yourself in debt or feel obligated to do something you can't afford.  You can accomplish the same thing in a very low key way.[/quote]

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