Priority for Maftir: Bar Mitzvah or Yahrzeit?
Question
A man who has a yahrzeit next week and a boy who will also become bar mitzvah next week, and both pray in the same synagogue, who takes precedence for Maftir? And what is the Halacha if the bar mitzvah boy and his father are not regular members of the synagogue?
Answer
Shalom and blessings
The regular member of the synagogue takes precedence.
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