Son of thirteen for the commandments

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Son of thirteen for the commandments

Son of thirteen for the commandments

A person who, upon reaching the age of thirteen, is obligated in all the commandments of the Torah.

("Son of thirteen for the commandments, son of fifteen for study, son of eighteen for the wedding canopy, son of twenty to pursue, son of thirty for strength, son of forty for understanding, son of fifty for counsel, son of sixty for old age, son of seventy for grey hair, son of eighty for might, son of ninety for infirmity, son of a hundred as if dead and passed from the world" – Pirkei Avot 5:21; and likewise: "And even though he reached fifty, he is still like thirty in strength" – Bialik / Aryeh with a Body, I, 10)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֶּן שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לַמִּצְווֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

אָדָם עִם הַגִּיעוֹ לְגִיל שְׁלוֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מְחֻיָּב בְּכָל מִצְווֹת הַתּוֹרָה.

("בִּן שָׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לְמַצּוֹת, בִּן חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה לַתַּלְמוּד, בִּן שְׁמוֹנָה עֶשְׂרֵה לַחֻפָּה, בִּן עֶשְׂרִים לִרְדֹּף, בִּן שְׁלֹשִׁים לְכֹחַ, בִּן אַרְבָּעִים לְבֵינָהּ, בִּן חֲמִשִּׁים לָעֵצָה, בִּן שִׁשִּׁים לַזְּקֵנָה, בִּן שִׁבְעִים לְשִׁיבָה, בִּן שְׁמוֹנִים לִגְבוּרָה, בִּן תִּשְׁעִים לָשׂוּחַ, בִּן מֵאָה כְּאִלּוּ מֵת וְעָבַר וּבָטֵל מִן הָעוֹלָם"- אָבוֹת ה כא, וְכֵן:"וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִגִּיעַ לַחֲמִשִּׁים עוֹדֶנּוּ כְּבֵן שְׁלוֹשִׁים לְכֹחַ"-בְּיָאלִיק/ אַרְיֵה בַּעַל גּוּף, א י)

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