Bar & Bat Mitzvah · Parent Speech Guide · Exodus

The Parent Speech for Parashat Bo

If your child is reading Bo, the speech you give that morning shouldn't be a book report on the portion — it should be about them, with the parsha giving your words weight. Bo hands a parent three honest ways in: telling the story forward, marking time deliberately, being ready to move.

What happens in Parashat Bo

The final plagues, the first Passover, and the command to tell the story to your children.

1. Telling the story forward

'And you shall tell your child on that day' — Jewish continuity is built on each generation teaching the next.

The story to findHow does your child teach, explain, or pass things on — to younger kids, cousins, classmates?

2. Marking time deliberately

Israel's first commandment as a people is a calendar — deciding what moments matter and sanctifying them.

The story to findWhat traditions or rituals does your child take seriously — the ones they'd never let the family skip?

3. Being ready to move

The Israelites eat the first Passover with staff in hand, ready to leave — readiness is a posture.

The story to findWhen has your child been ready when the moment came — prepared while others scrambled?

How a real parent speech comes together

The speeches that make a room go quiet aren't essays about the parsha — they're two or three true stories about your kid, with one Torah moment placed where it lands hardest. Pick the single theme above that made you think of a specific dinner-table moment, answer its question honestly, and resist the urge to attach a moral to every story. End with a blessing in your own words — that's the part everyone remembers.

Nachas writes it with you.

A ten-minute interview about your child, and you get a speech plan that pairs their real stories with Bo — then three complete drafts in different voices, for every speaker in the family.

Start with Bo — see your speech plan

The interview and speech plan are free. No signup.