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==Shehechiyanu== | |||
# It is a good practice for a bat mitzvah girl to eat a new fruit or wear a new clothing in order to make a [[Shehechiyanu]] on the day that the girls becomes obligated in mitzvot. Upon reciting the [[Shehechiyanu]], the girl should have in mind that she is accepting the obligation of fulfilling all the mitzvot. <ref>Kaf HaChaim 225:12 and Ben Ish Chai Reeh 17</ref> | |||
==Celebration== | ==Celebration== | ||
# While some poskim write that there is no source for celebrating a bat mitzvah and that it does not constitute a seudat mitzvah,<ref> Rav Moshe Feinstein writes in Iggerot Moshe OC 1:104 and 2:97 that there is no source for celebrating a bat mitzvah. Even though there are sources for a bar mitzvah celebration, that is different because there is a recognizable change in that he can count for a minyan and be called to the torah. Rav Moshe adds that the whole idea to celebrate such an event comes from outside Orthodox Judaism. <br /> | # While some poskim write that there is no source for celebrating a bat mitzvah and that it does not constitute a seudat mitzvah,<ref> Rav Moshe Feinstein writes in Iggerot Moshe OC 1:104 and 2:97 that there is no source for celebrating a bat mitzvah. Even though there are sources for a bar mitzvah celebration, that is different because there is a recognizable change in that he can count for a minyan and be called to the torah. Rav Moshe adds that the whole idea to celebrate such an event comes from outside Orthodox Judaism. <br /> | ||
