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# The practice of the Shul administration to give a present to a Bar mitzvah boy on [[Shabbat]] has what to rely on. However it’s better to do a kinyan before [[Shabbat]] by giving it to someone who will pick it up and say “I’m acquiring it for so and so as a gift”.  <Ref>Yalkut Yosef 306:26 and Sh”t Yechave Daat 3:21. Magan Avraham 206:15 challenges the practice to give gifts to a groom on [[Shabbat]] but leaves the matter unresolved. Eliyah Raba 306:19 argues that it’s permitted because of Simchat Chatan VeKala and Kavod Torah. The Chatam Sofer agrees. Thus, Yalkut Yosef concludes if the [[Bar Mitzvah]] boy gives a Dvar Torah to the community, the community can give him a gift to encourage him to continue learning. Additionally, they usually give is Sifrei Kodesh which can be read on [[Shabbat]]. Preferably, Sh”t Yehuda Yaleh Asad O”C 83 and Sh”t Seridei Esh 2:26 advise that the recipient should have in mind not to acquire the gift until after [[Shabbat]]. Sh”t Hillel Omer 197, Sh”t Bet Avi O”C 31, Sh”t Kapei Aharon Epstein 59 say the Gabai of the shul can give the gift to someone else before [[Shabbat]] with a kinyan on behalf of the bar mitzvah boy. </ref>