Until thirteen, the father bears the sins for his son. A Jewish boy is considered of age at thirteen, a girl at twelve. This is the time for an initiation, a ceremony that marks a turning point and a transition in the life of an adolescent and provides an opportunity for a big celebration with family and friends. The film follows four 12-year-old teenagers - Sharon, Tom, Moishy and Sophie - as they prepare for their bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah. Sophie is celebrated on a grand scale by her friends and family. Tom, the son of an Israeli mother and an Austrian father, travels to Jerusalem to put on the prayer straps for the first time at the Wailing Wall. Moishy joins the adult community in strict accordance with the laws of orthodox Jews. The fact that Sharon, the son of Georgian parents with Sephardic roots, has chosen “Zorro” as the theme for his bar mitzvah celebration adds to his mother's stress and his own stage fright. Not only does he have to dress up in the costume of the mysterious stranger, he also has to put on a cloak and sword, jump off a horse and face a fencing duel. André, the filmmaker in the film and a sought-after specialist for videos of Jewish ceremonies, is present at most of the Bar Mitzvahs in Vienna and is responsible for the videos that enjoy great popularity among relatives as souvenirs.