He then shifted to Encino next to Los Angeles for a short period with his family. Bob had his bar mitzvah (coming-of-age ritual) in Philadelphia when he turned 13 (due to the lack of his family in Virginia).

He did his schooling partly at Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk, Virginia, and the rest at Temple Israel, which is a conservative synagogue in Norfolk, Virginia. A few years after his birth, Saget’s family relocated to Norfolk, Virginia.