No Celebration for Him

Thousands of Families Cannot Afford a Bar Mitzvah For Their Children

The bar mitzvah celebrates the beginning of a new stage in a Jewish boy’s life. He receives the privilege of laying tefillin for the first time and joining the Jewish People as an adult. But what about the Jewish boys who cannot afford tefillin, let alone a celebration?

For the poor of Israel, this important milestone is marked in disappointment. While all of his friends are honoured with lavish receptions, new suits, new shoes, and shiny boxes of tefillin, the boy from a poverty-stricken home watches from the sidelines knowing that he will enjoy none of that. His special day will come and go with no celebration at all.

Yad Eliezer wants to enable every Jewish boy to celebrate his bar mitzvah with pride.

Read about how Yona made a difference in honor of his bar mitzvah

Yad Eliezer's Solution

Bar Mitzvah Celebrations for Some 80 Boys Every Year

Yad Eliezer has been proudly sponsoring modest celebrations for bar mitzvah boys from poor families since 2004. The popular Bar Mitzvah Project program allows thirteen-year-olds from around the world to share their special day with a fellow bar mitzvah boy from an impoverished home in Israel.

Discounted prices from participating clothing and shoe stores allow Yad Eliezer bar mitzvah boys to purchase a new suit and a new pair of shoes for their special occasion. This may be the first new set of clothing these boys wear in their lives. Participating tefillin suppliers provide brand-new tefillin for sons of the poor at a fraction of the going rate.

Reach out and shake his hand – by participating in the Yad Eliezer Bar Mitzvah Project program, you fill his bar mitzvah, and your own, with pride and joy to last a lifetime.

Commemorate His Bar Mitzvah with a Beautiful, Personalized Yad Eliezer Bar Mitzvah Project Certificate!

Makes a Great Bar Mitzvah Gift!

Matching benchers also available. Please contact Sori@YadEliezer.org to arrange mailing.

Help a poor boy in Israel celebrate his Bar Mitzvah with pride – join the Bar Mitzvah Project program today!