Program:

On top of Kavana’s highly personalized process, our B’nai Mitzvah Cohort is a program designed to bring each year’s B’nai Mitzvah students and their parents into community with one another through regularly scheduled, facilitated gatherings. 

The framework for our cohort is based on a teaching from Pirke Avot 1:2 (a section of the Mishnah called “Ethics of the Ancestors”) which reads: “Al shlosha devarim ha’olam omed: al ha-torah, v’al ha-avodah, v’al gemilut chasadim.” “The world stands upon these three things: upon Torah (learning), and upon prayer, and upon deeds of kindness.” These programs are scheduled approximately as follows:

• Session 1 - Fall - Welcoming the new cohort and saying farewell to the old one
• Session 2 - Late Fall - Torah: Dvar Torah How-to Session: Text Exploration & Writing Workshop 
• Session 3 - Winter - Avodah: Shabbat service led by teens from previous B’nai Mitzvah cohorts
• Session 4 - Spring - Gemilut Chasadim: Mitzvah/Service Project with a partner organization

Save-the-Date: B’nai Mitzvah Cohort Gatherings:

• September 7th, 2025, 10am-12pm, Wallingford Neighborhood
• November 2nd, 2025, 3pm-5pm, Queen Anne Neighborhood
• January 24th, 2026, 10am-12pm, Queen Anne Neighborhood
• March 15th, 2026, 10am-12pm, Location TBD

At Kavana, it is our hope that the B’nai Mitzvah process will serve as a meaningful entry point into an engaged adult Jewish life. Each and every student’s ceremony and celebration at Kavana is uniquely their own, and the B’nai Mitzvah Cohort connects our families through shared joy, learning, and the key themes within this lifecycle milestone.

Registration How To:

All youth participants must be registered individually. If you're registering more than one child, please fill out separate registration forms for each.

Payment Options:
Non-Partner tuition: $3600

Kavana Partner contribution: $1200

*Please note that the price listed in this registration is for payment by check. A 3% processing fee will be added if you choose to pay by credit card. 

While there are a lot of costs associated with running this program, we never want tuition fees to be a barrier to participation. If you would like to set up installments or are unable to pay the full cost of registration, please contact us and we can come up with a plan.

We look forward to a great year of learning, growing and building community together!