At 113 years old , Yisrael Kristal is officially the world ’s erstwhile man , accord to Guinness World Records . But despite his advanced long time , the Auschwitz survivor never live an important rite of passage : a measure mitzvah . This month , the BBC report , Kristal will celebrate the Jewish religious founding rite with his love ones in a synagogue in Haifa , Israel .
A bar or squash racket mitzvah marks a Jewish shaver ’s transformation from child to adult . Typically , the ceremony is held at age 13 . Kristal , who was born in Poland in 1903 and has lived in Israel for more than 60 class , was supposed to have his bar mitzvah 100 class ago , in 1916 . But woefully , the ritual take a backseat to family cataclysm , and later to World War II .
Kristal ’s female parent passed aside when he was about 10 eld old , and his forefather was outline into the Russian U. S. Army . The male child was raised by his uncle , and later moved to the Polish city of Lodz to influence in his menage ’s confect business .
Kristal was in his mid-30s when Nazi Germany invaded Poland . The Nazis moved both Kristal and his family to the Lodz ghetto , and later to Auschwitz . Kristal ’s two youngster died in the ghetto ; his married woman was killed in the immersion ingroup . Kristal outlive , and in 1950 he emigrated to Israel with his second wife and son , and later had a daughter .
In Judaism , soul can observe their prevention or bat mitzvah later in life under sure extenuating condition . Kristal will have his later on this calendar month , two weeks aftercelebrating his 113th birthday(according to the Gregorian calendar ) on September 15 .
Kristal ’s observance will hold all the stock legal community mitzvah ritual and traditions , like reciting blessings over the Torah . About 100 of his relatives — include nipper , grandchild , and great - grandchild — will assist the case .
“ We will bless him , we will dance with him , we will be glad , ” Kristal ’s girl , Shulimath Kristal Kuperstoch , told the DPA news agency .
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