<p dir="ltr">R' Micha Berger wrote:</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Therefore, It used to be common to give challah to a kohein who<br>
> is too young to be a problem of qeri, zav/ah, niddah or yoledes.<br>
> Lemaaseh the minhag was below the age of 9. This is still the<br>
> norm among Teimanim.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I am curious: Among those Teimanim, does the child say a bracha "v'tzivanu le'echol terumah" (Rambam Terumos 15:22) upon eating that challah?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Perhaps he omits it, because it is not real chinuch, since he will stop eating the challah well before bar/bas mitzvah. Or perhaps she *does* say it, in hopes of a complete taharah soon, so that it *is* a real chinuch. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Akiva Miller</p>