Orthodoxsynagogues hosting bar & bat mitzvahs.

Orthodox bar mitzvahs are structured around the Shabbat morning service, which runs about three hours and is conducted almost entirely in Hebrew. The bar mitzvah boy reads from the Torah (often multiple aliyot, including the Maftir, plus the full Haftarah) and may lead Musaf. Seating is separated by gender (mechitza), and women do not have aliyot in the main sanctuary. A bat mitzvah in an Orthodox congregation looks very different — typically a Sunday or weekday celebration with a d'var Torah, sometimes a Tanach project or chesed presentation, since girls don't read from the Torah publicly in most Orthodox settings. Saturday-night parties are universal and start after Shabbat ends; kosher catering with reliable hechsher is non-negotiable.