Ask the Rabbi
- Family and Society
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- Bar and Bat Mitzva
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- 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.
Bar Mitzvah Rabbinical Judaism
Rabbi Yoel Lieberman | Av 5, 5780
Tefillin bar mitzvah
Various Rabbis | 9 Cheshvan 5768
Bracha for Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah
Rabbi Elchanan Lewis | 5 Sivan 5766
