Joining explanation, instruction and inspiration, helps parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. Asks and answers such fundamental questions as how did Bar and Bat Mitzvah originate? What is the lasting significance of the event? How to make the event more spiritually meaningful? New 2nd Edition.

"I hope every family planning a bar mitzvah celebration reads Rabbi Salkin's book."
--Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People