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Chinuch L'Tefillin (Pre-Bar-Mitzvah Tefillin Training)
Beginning tefillin 1-3 months before bar mitzvah — Ashkenazi early, Sephardic on the 13th-birthday.
Beginning tefillin 1-3 months before bar mitzvah — Ashkenazi early, Sephardic on the 13th-birthday.
Key passages(4)
Sukkah 42:1:1↗defines
Sukkah · Anonymous (Stammaim, redactors of the Bavli) · 450 CE
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לֹא שָׁנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יָצָא בּוֹ, אֲבָל יָצָא בּוֹ — חַיָּיב. הָא מִדְּאַגְבְּהֵיהּ נְפַק בֵּיהּ! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: כְּשֶׁהֲפָכוֹ.
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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim :: chinuch-tefillin :: 34:3↗curated_attribution
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · 1563 CE
High
Mishnah Berurah :: chinuch-tefillin :: 34:27↗curated_attribution
Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · 1875 CE
High
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