Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Certificate

The design of the Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Certificate divides it into two separate parts, the surrounding ornamental Decoration Area and the Personalized Inscription area in the center.

The Decoration area

The surrounding decoration of the Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Certificate is a composition of several outstanding landmarks from the Jerusalem skyline and various Bar Mitzvah symbols. See plaque enlargement (in a new window).
On the left of the plaque are the Tower of David; the old city walls incorporating the Hebrew passage from Mishlei, the Book of Proverbs (4,2) saying Ki lekach tov natati lachem, torati al ta'azovu (For I give you good doctrine; forsake ye not my teaching); the Mount Zion; the Montefiore Windmill; the YMCA building; the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum; the Western Wall (Kotel Hama'aravi) and finally a rampant lion, the symbol of Jerusalem.
On the right side of the tile (clockwise from the top center) are the tablets of the covenant with a crown and the Hebrew words Keter Torah (Torah Crown); a pair of Tefillin (phylacteries) along with the Hebrew letters Bet-Samech-Daled, the acronim for Besyatah Deshmayah (Aramaic: "With God's Help"); a partly unrolled Torah Scroll; two illustrations of Torah reading.

Every tile is completely weatherproof and washable. The plaques are decorated by applying a mixed art technique which combines the hand painting of 8 different colors and the silkscreen printing of the black outlines. All inscriptions are written entirely by hand by a professional calligrapher.

The Personalized Inscription area

This part of the Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Certificate contains the personal details of the Bar Mitzvah, in Hebrew and in English, and is inscribed according to the information you supply during the order process. Please note that the entire calligraphic inscription is written with a free hand by a professional calligraphy artist, and therefore the lettering differs slightly with each name or letter combination.

The central area of the Bar Mitzvah certificate carries two sets of details, a standard inscription of the Bar Mitzvah's name and his ceremony, and optional additional details.

Standard inscription

• Date of the event according to Common and Jewish calendars
• Hebrew name of the Parashah (portion of the Torah) read by the Boy
• Boy's Hebrew name, in Hebrew letters
• Boy's English name, in Latin letters
• The sentence: "Was called up to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah"

Additional details

At the lower part of the inscription area of the plaque there is room for two additional details: at the left you may insert the congregation's name & place (as in the sample picture); at the right you may add the name of the Cantor or Rabbi who taught the boy, or a short greeting like "Mazel Tov from Bubbie & Zaidie".

The Ceramic Bar Mitzvah Certificate is created by Small Signs, the well known producer of Nameplates & Home Blessings in Israel

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