What to write on a bar mitzvah card?

What is the meaning of this bar mitzvah card?

  • We bought a bar mitzvah money holder card, but we're not sure what the front of the card means. It has (left to right) yod hei 5 with the 5 in superscript (looking like ...show more

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    Since Hebrew reads from right to left, what is written there is not "yod hei" but "chet yud" which is pronounced "Xhai" (like the guttural "h" sound in the back of the throat) -- as in the 'toast' L-chaim! Which means "To Life!" So it's a play on words creating the phrase "Xhai Five", a pun on "High Five" for "congratulations!"

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yod he (יה) is another name of God in Hebrew.

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