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Shehecheyanu after Bar Mitzvah

Why doesn’t a bar mitzvah boy have to say shechiyanu for every mitzvah he does for the first time after his bar mitzvah?

Answer:

Some authorities write that one must make a shehecheyanu the first time one performs a specific mitzvah (see Rema, Yoreh De’ah 28:2; Taz, Orach Chaim 22).

However, for mitzvos that a boy has been performing his whole life, there is no cause for a shehecheyanu upon performing them again after his bar mitzvah, because the mitzvah does not involve the joy of doing something for the first time.

Best wishes.

Sources:

See Adnei Paz, Yoreh De’ah 67, in great detail.

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