| # 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]] |
