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<div>At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:25 </ref> <br />
==Celebration==<br />
# One should make a festive meal in honor of the occasion of his son turning 13 years old and entering the obligation of fulfilling mitzvot. <ref> Kaf Hachaim 222:11, Magen Avraham 222:4 </ref> This meal is considered a Seudat Mitzvah. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:8 </ref><br />
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==When?==<br />
# According to the majority of poskim, a boy becomes bar mitzvah from [[Tzet HaKochavim]] of the day he was born 13 years prior, and not at the time of the day when he was born.<Ref>Sefer [[Chinuch]] Yisrael (v. 2, p. 705). See further in the Bach O.C. 14, Magen Avraham 14, Shach, Sma, and Tumim C.M. 35. </ref><br />
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==Baruch Shepatrani==<br />
# Upon the Bar Mitzvah of one’s son’s, the father should make the Bracha of Barach ShePotrani MeOnsho Shel Zeh, that he is no longer responsible for his child's deeds, without [[Shem UMalchut]]. <Ref>Rama 225:2, Mishna Brurah 225:8, BeYitzchak Yikrah 225:2 in name of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and Piksei Teshuvot 225:5 conclude that one should make the Bracha without a [[Shem UMalchut]]. </ref> This beracha is typically recited when the son is called to the torah for the first time after concluding the beracha of his aliya. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 61:8. </ref> <br />
==Other Practices==<br />
# It is a good practice to have the bar mitzvah boy eat a new fruit or wear a new clothing in order to make a [[Shehechiyanu]] on the day that the boy becomes obligated in mitzvot. Upon reciting the [[Shehechiyanu]], the boy should have in mind that he is accepting the obligation of fulfilling all the mitzvot. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 225:12 and Ben Ish Chai Reeh 17 say that a bar mitzvah boy should wear a new shirt or eat a new fruit on the day he becomes bar mitzvah'ed and have in mind with the [[Shehechiyanu]] that it should also cover his new acceptance of mitzvot. </ref><br />
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