Ask the Rabbi
- Family and Society
- Happy Occasions
- Bar and Bat Mitzva
- Halacha
- The Jewish Day
- Tefillin
Question
How long before a Bar Mitzvah, should a boy put on Tefillin, and does he do it with a Bracha?
Answer
The Ashkenazi custom is for a boy to begin putting on Tefillin a month before his Bar Mitzvah - with a Bracha.
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