Parshas Vayishlach

PARSHAS HASHAVUA

How do we know a boy becomes Bar Mitzvah at age 13 ?

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1) When does a boy*  not become Bar Mitzvah on his(בו ביום) 

birthday?

2)Two boys were born on the same day, the same year,

and same city one at 1.00pm the second on 1.02pm (afternoon)

One becomes Bar Mitzvah a day earlier than the other.

(Hint: This could have happened last year but  not this year)

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BAR MITZVAH PARSHA

PARSHAS HASHAVUA      BAR MITZVAH PARSHA The Zohar at the beginning of the Parsha(וישלח) writes, --- כי מלאכיו יצוה לך לשמרך When a child reaches the age of 13 years he receives the Yetzer Tov thereby having two מלאכים within him. If the right (יצה"ט) overpowers the left (יצה"ר) then he has both מלאכים protecting him. **************************************** The only Mokor (source) that a boy becomes Bar Mitzvah at age 13 is from this week's Parsha  Rashi in  אבות (Perek 5) & נזיר כ"ט ע"ב**  writes:  "We don't find  in the Torah,anyone under the age of 13 to be called איש (man) In (Breishis 34) it says  ויקחו שני בני יעקב שמעון ולוי איש חרבו It is known*** that both Shimon & Levi were at that time 13-year-olds (Shimon 14 years)." * 'כולם אהובים כולם ברורים וכו ** What is commonly referred to, as Rashi on M.Nazir is not really Rashi. See Gilyon Hashas (R.A.Eiger) Nazir 2a. Many believe it was the Rivan who wrote it (son in law of Rashi)  *** See Torah Temimah for calculation

Bar Mitzva Riddle

This boy (male) becomes Bar Mitzvah at age 12 instead of 13

yet he doesn't wear Tefillin on the day after his Bar Mitzvah.

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