Tachanun in the Presence of a Bar Mitzvah
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Question
Do we recite Tachanun when praying in a minyan with a Bar Mitzvah?
Answer
The Ashkenazi custom is to recite Tachanun. The Sephardic custom is not to recite Tachanun in a prayer where a boy who has become a Bar Mitzvah and is putting on Tefillin for the first time is present, as he is likened to a groom, as it is written 'a groom adorns himself with a garland,' and Tefillin are called an adornment.
Source
The Sephardic custom is based on what is written in the book Nahar Mitzrayim (page 6, side 1).