The bas mitzvah rule is for everyone's good; why are you sabotaging it?
Sixth grade! The year of social dramas, sudden growing up, and… bas mitzvahs.
When I took the job several years back, bas mitzvah meant something different. We’d have a special class once a week on the topic, and at the end of the year, there would be a big celebration — a mother-daughter party with a theme and performance — where the entire class would celebrate together.
But like everything, this has changed over the years.
There was always a rule against having friends at bas mitzvah parties; it just invited jealousy, exclusion, and other issues. But as parties became fancier and excessive events became the rule rather than the exception, the school really tightened up on this.
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