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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(3)
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim :: chinuch-tefillin :: 34:3↗curated_attribution
Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim · Joseph Karo · 1563 CE
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Mishnah Berurah :: chinuch-tefillin :: 34:27↗curated_attribution
Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · 1875 CE
High
High