We love this series of tips offering great advice on how to plan your child's bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. The following Step-by-step Bar and Bat Mitzvah Planning Guide incorporates the tips and advice of dozens of MitzvahMavens across the country: rabbis, cantors, party planners and parents.
1. Set your bar/bat mitzvah date
2. Devise a preliminary budget
3. Design the architecture of your bar/bat mitzvah
4. Decide if you're hiring an event planner
5. Create a preliminary guest list
6. Gather bids from vendors
7. Book your party location(s)
8. Book your DJ or band and caterer
9. Confirm when your child's tutoring sessions begin; pencil in the dates of any synagogue-sponsored orientation sessions
10. Read and discuss your child's Torah and/or Haftorah portion(s).
11. Encourage your child to select a mitzvah project
12. Book your photographer and all other vendors
13. Finalize your guest list
14. Order invitations
15. Make decisions about the party
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