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Is a child, under bar mitzvah age, permitted to say the phrase 'Baruch HaMavdil ben Kodesh l'Chol' and do melacha before havdala on Motsei Shabbat?
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Answer
Shalom,
The rule-of -thumb is that a child should be educated to observe mitzvot, just as he will do as an adult. Accordingly, he is permitted to say the phrase 'Baruch HaMavdil ben haKodesh ubien haChol' and then do melacha before havdala on Motsei Shabbat.
B'Ahavat Yisrael,
Rav Ari Shvat

Rabbi Ari Shvat
Lectures at various yeshivot, michlalot and midrashot. Has published many books & Torani articles and is in charge of Rav Kook’s archives.

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