[Avodah] bat mitzva "bo bayom"

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> But what are you celebrating? It's not becoming chayav deOraisa rather
> than midin chinukh, because that is 2 sa'aros, not a birthday. It's
> becoming old enough to be assumed deRabbanan to be chayav in the mitzvah
> itself rather than chinukh.

In a significant percentage of cases the sa`arot come before the shanim,
in which case the ba[rt]-mitzvah day really is the day they become chayavim
mid'oraita.

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