A Bar Mitzvah is a personal declaration, in a public way, joining the Jewish community as a full participating member. Bar Mitzvah is less a ceremony and more a process; a process that leads to becoming and acting as a Jewish adult. Rabbi Sarko will lead the student through two phases. The first is a course of study. This will last on average about nine months, but can be sped or slowed to meet the needs of the student and family. The second phase is the ceremony itself. Rabbi Sarko will come to your city and lead a service, for family and friends, in which the Bar/Bat Mitzvah will help lead a Jewish service and read from a torah scroll.

Course of Study: Rabbi Sarko will develop a course of study designed specifically for each student that will explore a number of aspects of Judaism, based on the starting knowledge of that student. This Bar\Bat Mitzvah Program will adjust as it proceeds to meet the needs and interests of the student. The study will include a number of activities. One will be to meet with the rabbi to review and discuss a variety of Jewish topics. If the student is not local to the Rabbi this will be done through a live audio/visual program over the Internet. The software for this program is free. In general two to three topics will be covered in each session, along with a Jewish service component. Sessions will generally be twice per month but if there is a need to speed up or slow down these sessions will be scheduled to best meet the needs of the family and the student. The Rabbi will also provide a computer CD he created specifically directed to the service torah reading contents of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah. For details about this CD you can visit the web site: