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<b>Just like most other Bar Mitzvah bochurim, my son Mordechai Zev
started donning his Tefillin a while before his actual Bar Mitzvah this
past Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheini, as part of his preparations. Yet, unlike
most others who start donning Tefillin two or three months, or more
commonly, one month prior to the actual 13th birthday, my son started
wearing Tefillin 31 days before his Bar Mitzvah, an opinion not
explicitly found in any early halachic codex. But to understand why, some
background about Double Adars is in order...<br><br>
</b>To understand why, read the article
"<a href="http://sable.madmimi.com/click?id=10500.20497.236.1.8fcf8dda0d18b2461b6f223fc27b9a16">
Insights Into Halacha: 31 Days Before the Bar Mitzvah: A Primer on
Mitzvah Observance in a Double Adar</a>".<br><br>
For all of the Mareh Mekomos / sources, just ask. <br>
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kol tuv and Good Shabbos! <br>
Y. Spitz <br>
Yerushalayim <br>
<a href="mailto:yspitz@ohr.edu">yspitz@ohr.edu</a><br>
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