Tachanun in the Presence of a Bar Mitzvah
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.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source
The Sephardic custom is based on what is written in the book Nahar Mitzrayim (page 6, side 1).
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