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Bar Mitzvah is the time when a Jewish boy enters the yoke of Torah and mitzvos upon reaching the age of 13. | [[File:מכתב הרבי לבר מצווה.jpeg|thumb|The Common Text that the Rebbe Sent as a Blessing to Bar Mitzvah Boys]] | ||
'''Bar Mitzvah''' is the time when a Jewish boy enters the yoke of Torah and mitzvos upon reaching the age of 13. | |||
In Chassidic Teaching: The poskim debate whether the age of 13 is from the Torah, bringing proof from the possuk "and each man took." | In Chassidic Teaching: The poskim debate whether the age of 13 is from the Torah, bringing proof from the possuk "and each man took<ref>See at length the Rebbe's words on this matter in the sicha of 19 Tammuz 1968, 75 years after the completion of the seven days of celebration (shivas yemei hamishteh) for the Bar Mitzvah of the Previous Rebbe.</ref>." | ||
Regarding the possuk "You are My son, I have begotten you today," the Zohar teaches that Dovid said this verse when he became Bar Mitzvah and entered his year. Then Dovid said that Hashem "said to me: You are My son, I have begotten you today," meaning that from the level of "I am prayer," a holy neshamah was drawn down to him. | Regarding the possuk "You are My son, I have begotten you today," the Zohar teaches that Dovid said this verse when he became Bar Mitzvah and entered his year. Then Dovid said that Hashem "said to me: You are My son, I have begotten you today," meaning that from the level of "I am prayer," a holy neshamah was drawn down to him. | ||
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Several times the Rebbe expressed satisfaction when informed that the Bar Mitzvah boy also shared a topic in nigleh (revealed Torah) in addition to the Chassidic maamar. | Several times the Rebbe expressed satisfaction when informed that the Bar Mitzvah boy also shared a topic in nigleh (revealed Torah) in addition to the Chassidic maamar. | ||
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== Bar Mitzvah for Immigrants == | == Bar Mitzvah for Immigrants == | ||
Since 5752 (1992), the absorption project "Merkaz Gutnick" under Kollel Chabad in the Holy Land organizes traditional celebrations for the children of heroes, during which they distribute free pairs of tefillin to hundreds of Bar Mitzvah boys. | Since 5752 (1992), the absorption project "Merkaz Gutnick" under Kollel Chabad in the Holy Land organizes traditional celebrations for the children of heroes, during which they distribute free pairs of tefillin to hundreds of Bar Mitzvah boys. | ||