שבחי המשפחה לבת המצווה | A Prayer in Honor of a Bat mitsvah from her Family, by Dr. Chaim Hames-Ezra

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)	Translation (Yiddish)
כולם: צֵאוּ וּרְאוּ בְּנוֹת וּבְנֵי צִיּוֹן יַלְדָּה שֶׁהָפְכָה לְנַעֲרָה, תִּינֹקֶת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן שֶׁנִּהְיֵית בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Everyone: Go out and see, daughters and sons of Zion, the girl who has turned into a young woman, a preschooler who has become a daughter of Israel.	אַלע: קומט און זעט, קינדער פֿון ציון, אַן עופֿעלע געװאַקסן אין אַ מײדעלע, אַ חדר־מײדל געװאָרן אַ טאָכטער פֿון ישׂראל.
הורים: בָּרוֹךְ בֹּרַכְנוּ בְּיַלְדָּה אֲשֶׁר מְאִירָה כְּשֶׁמֶשׁ וְכַיָּרֵחַ	Parents: Blessed is the one who blessed us with this daughter who shines like the sun and the moon	עלטערן: מיר זײַנען טאַקע געבענטשט מיט אַ טאָכטער װאָס בלישטשעט װי די זון און װי די לבֿנה.
כולם: צֵאוּ וּרְאוּ בְּנוֹת וּבְנֵי צִיּוֹן יַלְדָּה שֶׁהָפְכָה לְנַעֲרָה, תִּינֹקֶת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן שֶׁנִּהְיֵית בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Everyone: Go out and see, daughters and sons of Zion, the girl who has turned into a young woman, a preschooler who has become a daughter of Israel.	אַלע: קומט און זעט, קינדער פֿון ציון, אַן עופֿעלע געװאַקסן אין אַ מײדעלע, אַ חדר־מײדל געװאָרן אַ טאָכטער פֿון ישׂראל.
אחות / אח: בֹּרַכְתִּי בָּךְ אֲחוֹתִי שֶׁאַהֲבָתֵנוּ אֵינָהּ תְּלוּיָה בְּדָבָר	Sister/Brother: I was blessed with you, my sister, as my love for you is not dependent on anything.	שװעסטער/ברודער: איך בין טאַקע געבענטשט מיט דיר, מײַן שװעסטער; אונדזער ליבע איז אָן אַ גרענעץ.
כולם: צֵאוּ וּרְאוּ בְּנוֹת וּבְנֵי צִיּוֹן יַלְדָּה שֶׁהָפְכָה לְנַעֲרָה, תִּינֹקֶת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן שֶׁנִּהְיֵית בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Everyone: Go out and see, daughters and sons of Zion, the girl who has turned into a young woman, a preschooler who has become a daughter of Israel.	אַלע: קומט און זעט, קינדער פֿון ציון, אַן עופֿעלע געװאַקסן אין אַ מײדעלע, אַ חדר־מײדל געװאָרן אַ טאָכטער פֿון ישׂראל.
סבים: בָּרוֹךְ בֹּרַכְנוּ בְּנֶכְדָּה אֲשֶׁר פִּיהָ וְלִבָּהּ שָׁוִים	Grandparents: Blessed is the one who blessed us with a granddaughter whose speech and heart are equal.	באָבע־זײדע: מיר זײַנען טאַקע געבענטשט מיט אונדזער אײניקל; איר מױל און איר האַרץ זײַנען גלײַך.
כולם: צֵאוּ וּרְאוּ בְּנוֹת וּבְנֵי צִיּוֹן יַלְדָּה שֶׁהָפְכָה לְנַעֲרָה, תִּינֹקֶת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן שֶׁנִּהְיֵית בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Everyone: Go out and see, daughters and sons of Zion, the girl who has turned into a young woman, a preschooler who has become a daughter of Israel.	אַלע: קומט און זעט, קינדער פֿון ציון, אַן עופֿעלע געװאַקסן אין אַ מײדעלע, אַ חדר־מײדל געװאָרן אַ טאָכטער פֿון ישׂראל.
דודים: בָּרוֹךְ בֹּרַכְנוּ בְּאַחְיָנִית הָאוֹהֶבֶת אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת	Aunts and Uncles: Blessed is the one who blessed us with a niece who loves all creatures.	פֿעטערס/מומעס: מיר זײַנען טאַקע געבענטשט מיט אונדזער פּלימעניצע; זי שאַצט אָפּ אַלע באַשעפֿענישן.
כולם: צֵאוּ וּרְאוּ בְּנוֹת וּבְנֵי צִיּוֹן יַלְדָּה שֶׁהָפְכָה לְנַעֲרָה, תִּינֹקֶת שֶׁל בֵּית רַבָּן שֶׁנִּהְיֵית בַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Everyone: Go out and see, daughters and sons of Zion, the girl who has turned into a young woman, a preschooler who has become a daughter of Israel.	אַלע: קומט און זעט, קינדער פֿון ציון, אַן עופֿעלע געװאַקסן אין אַ מײדעלע, אַ חדר־מײדל געװאָרן אַ טאָכטער פֿון ישׂראל.
דודנים ודודניות: בָּרוֹךְ בֹּרַכְנוּ בָּךְ הַמְּקַבֶּלֶת כָּל אֶחָד וְאַחַת בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת	Cousins: Blessed is the one who blessed us with you, one who greets and accepts every person with a kind face.	שװעסטערקינדער: מיר זײַנען טאַקע געבענטשט מיט דיר. דו באַגריסט יעדן אײנעם מיט אַ שמײכל.
כולם: שם הנערה – הַשְׁמִיעִנִי אֶת-קוֹלֵךְ: כִּי-קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב, וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶה.	Everyone: (Name of the girl)- Make your voice heard, for your voice is pleasant and your look is beautiful.	אַלע: (נאָמען פֿונעם מײדל) ― לאָמיר הערן דײַן קול, װײַל דײַן קול איז זיס; דײַן צורה איז בנעימות.

We are grateful to our translators, Refoyl Finkl (Yiddish), and Miri Landau (English), for translating this original prayer by Dr. Chaim Haimes-Ezra.

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חיים היימס-עזרא

חיים היימס-עזרא (Dr. Chaim Hames-Ezra) is the Chair of the History Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the author of I (do not) Believe: Israel and Judaism – Past, Present, Future (in Hebrew, Ktav 2011).

Refoyl Finkl (translation)

Refoyl Finkl (a/k/a Raphael Finkel) is an activist for the preservation of the Yiddish language, promoting its use and providing fonts, various texts, and tools for writing Yiddish in personal computers. At the University of Kentucky, Dr. Finkel teaches computer science. He earned his PhD in computer science at Stanford University under the supervision of Vinton Cerf.

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