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The next few questions will ask you about your child's Hebrew birthday.  If you don't know your child's Hebrew birthday, simply go to https://hebcal.com/converter (if you click the link, it will open in a separate tab) and follow the instructions below:

• On the left-hand side, enter your child's "Gregorian" (Secular) birthday including the year.
• Make sure that if your child was born between sunset and 11:59pm to click the box marked "After Sunset."
• Then hit, "Convert to Hebrew."  The date that then appears on the right-hand side of the screen will be your child's Hebrew birthday (if you did this step correctly, you should get a birthday in either the year 5771, 5772, 5773, or 5774).
• Write that Hebrew date down for your reference, and enter it into the fields below.

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Now return to https://hebcal.com/converter to find out what day your child will turn 13 on the Hebrew calendar.

• This time start on the right-hand side and enter your child's Hebrew birthday in the day and date.
• For the year, enter the number that is 13 more than your child's birth year
  • If your child was born in 5770, enter 5783
  • If your child was born in 5771, enter 5784
  • If your child was born in 5772, enter 5785
  • If your child was born in 5773, enter 5786
  • If your child was born in 5774, enter 5787
  • Etc., etc.
• Then hit "Convert to Gregorian."  The date that then appears on the left-hand side of the screen will be your child's 13th Hebrew birthday.  Enter this date in the field below.

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Below you will enter your three top choices of dates and times for your child's Mitzvah ceremony.  If your child identifies as male, your choices *must* be on or after his 13th Hebrew birthday.  If your child identifies as female, your choices are *encouraged* to be on or after her 13th Hebrew birthday, but Jewish law will allow us to do a ceremony any time after her 12th Hebrew birthday.  However, in the interest of being egalitarian, we hope that most female-identifying ceremonies will be as close to the child's 13th birthday as possible (barring special circumstances).

If there are reasons that a particular date is important to you (e.g. family concerns, a significant Torah portion, or other circumstances), please explain your situation in an email to Rabbi Adam (rabbiadam@hamakomla.org) and cc Jordan Drayer (jdrayer@hamakomla.org).

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