JBM produces bar and bat mitzvah events at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, led by Rabbi Pinchas Margulis. The About page states he is ordained by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, is a certified Western Wall sites guide, with over 18 years of experience and over 3,768 ceremonies.
The English site lists services such as full bar mitzvah organization and on-site support, bat mitzvah at the Kotel, Torah-reading ceremony, Torah-reading preparation, transportation, breakfast, festive meal, procession, balloon and dove release, tours, a STAM workshop in the Western Wall Tunnels, photography, and Judaica. The organization page describes a full 360° production wrapping vendors and reservations.
Yes. The site’s information explains that the ceremony is tailored for a girl, held in the women’s section or designated Kotel areas, without a traditional aliyah like a bar mitzvah, with full logistical support.
Per the ceremony page: laying tefillin, saying Shema, taking out a Torah scroll and reading. JBM arranges a spot by the mechitza so women and men can see and hear. Candy throwing is part of the celebration but not onto the scroll during the reading. The page notes about 120 kosher Torah scrolls at the Kotel.
The site states that JBM works with families from Israel and abroad, and is available in Hebrew, English and Russian.
Yes. Rabbi Pinchas guides families in Hebrew, English and Russian.
Use the contact form, call/WhatsApp +972-58-440-0045 (058-440-0045), or email [email protected]. Footer hours: Sun–Thu 9am–8pm. Production support starts from the first inquiry and includes vendor coordination and holding prayer/restaurant spots.
At the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The site lists this as the event location and links to the business profile on Google from its reviews widget.
From site copy: choose a mechitza-adjacent spot for visibility; do not throw candy or water on the Torah during the reading; bat mitzvah ceremonies use the women’s section/designated areas; a traditional musicians’ procession is offered as part of many productions.
Over 18 years of experience and over 3,768 events, as stated on the site home and About pages.
We usually start with coordinated transportation. You can have breakfast near the Kotel or on the way. Then there is a procession with musicians and shofars, and an aliyah (Torah reading) at the Kotel with close accompaniment. There is time for photos and prayer at the Kotel, and then you go to the restaurant. We build the schedule backward from the restaurant time. You arrive as guests, and we arrange everything else.
Most events take place in the morning. In some cases it is also possible to hold the event in the afternoon, and then we will adjust the timing to you.
You can have an aliyah on days when a Torah scroll is taken out: Mondays and Thursdays, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, and several other special days. If the Hebrew date falls on Shabbat or a festival, we will choose together a suitable nearby day.
The procession takes place in any weather. In the rain we do not take a Torah scroll out in the open plaza, so we move to the covered section of the Kotel, and the women watch from the women’s section above. We arrange everything with the Kotel so the ceremony continues in a dignified way.
First we go over the details together and agree on what matters to you. Then we reserve the date with JBM, check available restaurants, send you menus and photos, reserve a restaurant, prepare a digital invitation, and move forward step by step.
After you lock in a date, because only then can we check what is available that day. There are meat and dairy restaurants, restaurants you can close entirely for the event, and VIP rooms. You choose according to what matters to you: privacy, kashrut, and the number of guests.
It is not mandatory, but I recommend that everyone arrive together. Parking near the Kotel is hard to find, and when everyone comes in one transfer from a pickup point there is much less chaos. We match a bus or minibus to the number of guests, and you can also book transportation on your own.
Breakfast is optional. Usually there are sandwiches, pastries, hot and cold drinks, fruit and vegetables. You eat near the Kotel or stop on the way. Families who arrive in the afternoon sometimes skip it, and that is fine.
A production is not only vendors. A lead escort is with you from the start of the day to the end: he coordinates with the Kotel, guides the family, helps with putting on tefillin, and brings cantorial singing and joy. I am also a rabbi, so the halachic side is covered too. The goal is for you to be guests at your own event, not its organizers.
If you do not have a minyan, we will arrange one. Even with 20 or 30 guests you can have an orderly aliyah.
Yes, and that matters to me. We choose a spot by the mechitza and begin only after we make sure the women can see and hear.
You can book a stills photographer and a videographer for the whole day, or video only for the aliyah. The procession includes musicians and shofars, and you can add a balloon release. Doves are optional. Each of these can be added to the proposal or left out.
With JBM you arrive as guests. The paytan leads the event, sings and brings the joy — your person at the Kotel. Typically: organized transport, optional breakfast, a procession with drummers and shofars under a white canopy, the Torah aliyah and tefillin ceremony at the Kotel, still photography and a video clip (including an edited album and a printed album couriered to your home), then a restaurant meal. You can add Old City / Western Wall Tunnels tours, a STAM workshop, sacred judaica, balloon or dove release, and Torah-reading preparation. Guidance is available in Hebrew, English and Russian. JBM has over 18 years of experience and over 3,768 events.
Yes. The paytan leads the event, sings and brings the joy — your person at the Kotel — and is always included. The procession with drummers and shofars under a white canopy is also always included. Photography includes stills and a video clip, plus an edited album and a printed album delivered by courier to your home.
JBM is a full-day Kotel production, not a single vendor. The paytan leads the event, sings and brings the joy — your person at the Kotel — from start to finish: Kotel coordination, procession, ceremony, photos and clip, transport and meal — so you are guests at your own event. Over 18 years of experience and over 3,768 events, with guidance in Hebrew, English and Russian.
