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Becoming Bar Mitzvah on Chol Hamoed

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	== Becoming Bar Mitzvah on Chol Hamoed ==		== Becoming Bar Mitzvah on Chol Hamoed ==
	#A child who became bar mitzvah on Chol Hamoed does not recite shehechiyanu for the moed since he already said it as a child.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 637:2, Yalkut Yosef Sukkah p. 491</ref>		#A child who became bar mitzvah on Chol Hamoed does not recite shehechiyanu for the moed since he already said it as a child.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 637:2, Yalkut Yosef Sukkah p. 491</ref>
			#A child who becomes bar mitzvah on chol hamoed Pesach should recite full Hallel without a bracha. The reason is that some say since he said complete Hallel as a child he should repeat it as an adult, while others hold he fulfilled his obligation and there is no makeup for full Hallel later on the holiday. To avoid this question, he should recite complete hallel without a bracha.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Yom Tov p. 670-671</ref>
	# A child who becomes bar mitzvah on chol hamoed Pesach should recite full Hallel without a bracha. The reason is that some say since he said complete Hallel as a child he should repeat it as an adult, while others hold he fulfilled his obligation and there is no makeup for full Hallel later on the holiday. To avoid this question, he should recite complete hallel without a bracha.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Yom Tov p. 670-671</ref>
	==Links==		==Links==
	* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1048736/jewish/The-Laws-of-Bar-Mitzvah.htm The Laws of Bar Mitzvah] on Chabad.org		* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1048736/jewish/The-Laws-of-Bar-Mitzvah.htm The Laws of Bar Mitzvah] on Chabad.org

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			== Becoming Bar Mitzvah on Chol Hamoed ==
			#A child who became bar mitzvah on Chol Hamoed does not recite shehechiyanu for the moed since he already said it as a child.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 637:2, Yalkut Yosef Sukkah p. 491</ref>

			# A child who becomes bar mitzvah on chol hamoed Pesach should recite full Hallel without a bracha. The reason is that some say since he said complete Hallel as a child he should repeat it as an adult, while others hold he fulfilled his obligation and there is no makeup for full Hallel later on the holiday. To avoid this question, he should recite complete hallel without a bracha.<ref>Yalkut Yosef Hilchot Yom Tov p. 670-671</ref>
	==Links==		==Links==
	* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1048736/jewish/The-Laws-of-Bar-Mitzvah.htm The Laws of Bar Mitzvah] on Chabad.org		* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1048736/jewish/The-Laws-of-Bar-Mitzvah.htm The Laws of Bar Mitzvah] on Chabad.org

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	At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot.<ref> Pirkei Avot 5:21. The Rosh (Teshuva Klal `6 Siman 1) writes that this is a Halacha Limoshe Misinai. Bartenura (Avot 5:21), Chayei Adam 66:1, Mishna Berura 55:40 agree</ref>		At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot.<ref> Pirkei Avot 5:21. The Rosh (Teshuva Klal `6 Siman 1) writes that this is a Halacha Limoshe Misinai. Bartenura (Avot 5:21), [https://www.sefaria.org/Chayei_Adam.66.1?lang=bi Chayei Adam 66:1], Mishna Berura 55:40 agree</ref>

	==Celebration==		==Celebration==

Unknown user: /* When? */

2021-08-02T20:06:11Z

When?

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	==When?==		==When?==
	# 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> Mishna Berura 55:42, Sefer Chinuch Yisrael (v. 2, p. 705), Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44, Kaf Hachaim 55:46. See further in the Bach O.C. 14, Magen Avraham 14, Shach, Sma, and Tumim C.M. 35. <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> Mishna Berura 55:42, Sefer Chinuch Yisrael (v. 2, p. 705), Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44, Kaf Hachaim 55:46. See further in the Bach O.C. 14, Magen Avraham 14, Shach, Sma, and Tumim C.M. 35. <br>
	~~See~~ Ba'er Heitev 53:13 in the ~~name of Mahari Bruna~~ that a boy only reaches bar mitzvah at the same hour of day they were born thirteen years earlier. But this is not the accepted halachah.</ref> Obviously this refers to the date on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, rather than the date on the English (solar) calendar.<Ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46 </ref>		* The Mahari Bruna 200 holds that a boy doesn't reach bar mitzvah until 13 years and one complete day. Shaarei Knesset Hagedola (Hagahot Hatur 55:6) and Ba'er Heitev 53:13 cite this opinion.
			* See Shach CM 35:1 quoting one opinion in Tosfot (Niddah 44b s.v. shloshim) and a possibility in the Lechem Chamudot (Niddah 5:5) that a boy only reaches bar mitzvah at the same hour of day they were born thirteen years earlier. But this is not the accepted halachah.</ref> Obviously this refers to the date on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, rather than the date on the English (solar) calendar.<Ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46 </ref>
	# A child who has reached the age of 13, even if he has not yet grown two pubic hairs, must wear tefillin and fulfill other mitzvot. However, he should not be the one to help others fulfill their obligations in mitzvot, such as by reading Parashat Zachor.<ref> Mishna Berura 55:40, Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44 </ref>		# A child who has reached the age of 13, even if he has not yet grown two pubic hairs, must wear tefillin and fulfill other mitzvot. However, he should not be the one to help others fulfill their obligations in mitzvot, such as by reading Parashat Zachor.<ref> Mishna Berura 55:40, Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44 </ref>
	# If for whatever reason, the celebration of the bar mitzva is pushed off, one should not push off beginning to perform the mitzvot that he is required to perform such as wearing tefillin.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46</ref>		# If for whatever reason, the celebration of the bar mitzva is pushed off, one should not push off beginning to perform the mitzvot that he is required to perform such as wearing tefillin.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46</ref>

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	At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:21. The Rosh (Teshuva Klal `6 Siman 1) writes that this is a Halacha Limoshe Misinai. Bartenura (Avot 5:21), Chayei Adam 66:1, Mishna Berura 55:40 agree</ref>		At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot.<ref> Pirkei Avot 5:21. The Rosh (Teshuva Klal `6 Siman 1) writes that this is a Halacha Limoshe Misinai. Bartenura (Avot 5:21), Chayei Adam 66:1, Mishna Berura 55:40 agree</ref>

	==Celebration==		==Celebration==
	# 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, Kaf Hachaim 225:11 </ref>		# 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, Kaf Hachaim 225:11 </ref>
	# The boy should learn Torah as much as possible on the day of his Bar Mitzvah. It is a nice practice to learn mishnayot.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 225:12</ref>		# The boy should learn Torah as much as possible on the day of his Bar Mitzvah. It is a nice practice to learn mishnayot.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 225:12</ref>

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	==Baruch Shepatrani==		==Baruch Shepatrani==
	# 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 Piskei 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> Sephardim should also recite the bracha without shem umalchut.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sovah Semachot v. 2 Bar Mitzvah no. 29)</ref>		# 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 Piskei 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> Sephardim should also recite the bracha without shem umalchut.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sovah Semachot v. 2 Bar Mitzvah no. 29)</ref>

	==Shehecheyanu==		==Shehecheyanu==

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	==Shehecheyanu==		==Shehecheyanu==
	# Regarding the recitation of Shehecheyanu on the day of one's Bar Mitzva and for wearing tefillin for the first time, see [[Shehecheyanu#Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot\|Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot]]		# Regarding the recitation of Shehecheyanu on the day of one's Bar Mitzva and for wearing tefillin for the first time, see [[Shehecheyanu#Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot\|Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot]]

			==Birkot Hatorah on the Day of the Bar Mitzva==
			{{Birkot Hatorah on the Day of the Bar Mitzva}}

	==Links==		==Links==

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Shehecheyanu

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	==Shehecheyanu==		==Shehecheyanu==
	# ~~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>~~		# Regarding the recitation of Shehecheyanu on the day of one's Bar Mitzva and for wearing tefillin for the first time, see [[Shehecheyanu#Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot\|Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot]]
	~~# Regarding the recitation of Shehecheyanu upon~~ wearing tefillin for the first time, see [[Shehecheyanu#Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot\|Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot]]

	==Links==		==Links==

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	# 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 Piskei 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> Sephardim should also recite the bracha without shem umalchut.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sovah Semachot v. 2 Bar Mitzvah no. 29)</ref>		# 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 Piskei 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> Sephardim should also recite the bracha without shem umalchut.<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Sovah Semachot v. 2 Bar Mitzvah no. 29)</ref>

	==~~Other Practices~~==		==Shehecheyanu==
	# 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>		# 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>
			# Regarding the recitation of Shehecheyanu upon wearing tefillin for the first time, see [[Shehecheyanu#Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot\|Shehechiyanu_for_Mitzvot]]

	==Links==		==Links==

Unknown user at 23:55, 12 June 2020

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	At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:25 </ref>		At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:21. The Rosh (Teshuva Klal `6 Siman 1) writes that this is a Halacha Limoshe Misinai. Bartenura (Avot 5:21), Chayei Adam 66:1, Mishna Berura 55:40 agree</ref>

	==Celebration==		==Celebration==
	# 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, Kaf Hachaim 225:11 </ref>		# 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, Kaf Hachaim 225:11 </ref>
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	==When?==		==When?==
	# 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>		# 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> Mishna Berura 55:42, Sefer Chinuch Yisrael (v. 2, p. 705), Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44, Kaf Hachaim 55:46. See further in the Bach O.C. 14, Magen Avraham 14, Shach, Sma, and Tumim C.M. 35. <br>
			See Ba'er Heitev 53:13 in the name of Mahari Bruna that a boy only reaches bar mitzvah at the same hour of day they were born thirteen years earlier. But this is not the accepted halachah.</ref> Obviously this refers to the date on the Hebrew (lunar) calendar, rather than the date on the English (solar) calendar.<Ref> Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46 </ref>
			# A child who has reached the age of 13, even if he has not yet grown two pubic hairs, must wear tefillin and fulfill other mitzvot. However, he should not be the one to help others fulfill their obligations in mitzvot, such as by reading Parashat Zachor.<ref> Mishna Berura 55:40, Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 44 </ref>
			# If for whatever reason, the celebration of the bar mitzva is pushed off, one should not push off beginning to perform the mitzvot that he is required to perform such as wearing tefillin.<Ref>Yalkut Yosef Dinei Chinuch Katan ViDinei Bar Mitzva pg. 46</ref>

	==Baruch Shepatrani==		==Baruch Shepatrani==
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	==Other Practices==		==Other Practices==
	# 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>		# 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>

			==Links==
			* [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1048736/jewish/The-Laws-of-Bar-Mitzvah.htm The Laws of Bar Mitzvah] on Chabad.org

	==Sources==		==Sources==
	<references/>		<references/>
	[[Category:Lifecycles]]		[[Category: Lifecycles]]

YitzchakSultan: /* Celebration */

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Celebration

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	At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:25 </ref>		At the age of thirteen years old, a boy becomes obligated in performing mitzvot. <ref> Pirkei Avot 5:25 </ref>
	==Celebration==		==Celebration==
	# 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>		# 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, Kaf Hachaim 225:11 </ref>
	# The boy should learn Torah as much as possible on the day of his Bar Mitzvah. It is a nice practice to learn mishnayot.<ref>Kaf Hachaim ~~224~~:12</ref>		# The boy should learn Torah as much as possible on the day of his Bar Mitzvah. It is a nice practice to learn mishnayot.<ref>Kaf Hachaim 225:12</ref>

	==When?==		==When?==