Do You Say Tachnun When A Boy Puts On Tefillin For The First Time?

Okay, good morning, everyone. Some short [snorts] Shlomo's and his Where's First of all, he did a great job putting on for the first time. [applause] So, you may have noticed, I don't know if you noticed, that the did not say today. And nobody protested. It's amazing. It's such a compliant tzibbur that when the when the took it into his own hands, he just decided on his own not to say Nobody said anything. So, what is the Would there be any basis not to say on the if there's a in the The says, what does the say? It's a for a father to make a on the day his son is like on the day he entered the said that in the like on the day he entered the which means that a is like a There's an analogy between a and a Now, just like then you could argue if there's a in a you don't say So too, if there's a in the you don't say There is such an argument. In fact, there is a called who his name was who writes in So that means you know, America is like in many ways. >> On the day you train a kid to put on You dawn him in the So we did that. We were We had a little We had a little We turned on the lights. Even though it's not explicit in any of the The custom of the Jewish people is A is donned in glory. The is referring to He's like a [snorts] Another Just like on the day that there's a You don't say So too on the day that you put on for the first time So in Egypt, In And in many cities in It's recorded in The the first time the kid puts on You don't say And he says while that might be wishful thinking not to put on not to say on the day that it could puts on There's no source in the or the early not to say And furthermore argues that The is talking about in where they would put on But nowadays, most Ashkenazim they put on already 30 days before their Bar Mitzvah. So 30 days before their Bar Mitzvah, you're but he's not Bar Mitzvah. On the day he puts out he becomes Bar Mitzvah, he's not putting on for the first time. So therefore, the argument of the would not seem to stand according to prevalent custom. But what if the kid is actually Now doesn't spell this out. But what if the kid would be putting on Bar Mitzvah? Then it seems that there would be a legitimate argument to say then you would not say So let's say you happen to find yourself in a shul in or in Cedarhurst where the kid was actually putting on Then you would not say That's what it would seem according to and the The chief rabbi writes that the was only talking about a one-time occurrence in Egypt where it was very rare for a child to be trained in the Very few people wore So in order to encourage children to wear they made a big out of it and they omitted But it's not really a argument. Because he says it was only Comes and he says in his entire Jewish experience, he has never encountered a boy who stopped wearing because on the day they put on they said Rabbi says he's not aware of any children that left the fold because of excessive recitation. He does not feel that would be a legitimate reason not to say in order to encourage people to observe Although, you know, they say there's a pleasure in life that a gentile will never experience. The can never there's certain hanos in this world that a will never have. Let's say a if he eats cholent it's doesn't have the same ta'am. It doesn't. Only a yid could really appreciate the hanah of a cholent. That's that's one pleasure. Another pleasure is the unexpected joy of coming to shul on a long Monday or Thursday Tachanun and then, you know, a guy from left field motions to the chazzan, no no Tachanun. Whoa whoa whoa. He got married. That's a hanah in this world that a could never experience. You know, so the but the says as pleasurable as that is, he is not aware of any person who ever remained a loyal Jew because they didn't say Tachanun on the day that he put on tefillin. Shul says no, if records that they did not say Tachanun on the day that a child did put on tefillin for the first time and therefore the establishes, he says the halacha is like the you don't say Tachanun on the day your child puts on tefillin for the first time, especially if it's Now okay, here's and here's the clincher because in his pshetl last night concluded and here's the clincher. So that's a new important terminology in shiurim. And here's the clincher. The in the minhagim of the He brings that when a young boy would come to to put on tefillin for the first time the would not say So you say what do I have to with the Minchas Elazar? First of all, because my mother-in-law's grandmother is buried right next to the Minchas Elazar. Now here's my theory. Why why is my mother-in-law's grandmother buried next to the Minchas Elazar? Because her last name was Spara, spelled Shapira. And I think they thought she was related to the Minchas Elazar. Otherwise, how'd she get that spot? You know? I think she was traveling through the area. I was there. She's buried. How did she get next to him? I think. But anyway, now but that would not make me have to adopt all the minhagim of Munkatch. I'm just pointing out the Munkatcher would not say tachnun on the day that a young boy would come to put on tefillin. Comes And he said, no, that's not a raya that you don't say tachnun on the day that a kid doesn't put on tefillin. It was only the Munkatcher because he loved every Jewish child so much as if it was his son. That's why he didn't put say tachnun, because he loved every Jewish child as if it was his son. And once it was as if it was his son, the tzibur that came to daven by him, they came their So one thing we see from here, but what if it actually is your son? You know, not everybody loves every Jewish child as if it's their their son, but most people love their son as if it's their son. [snorts] I love you as if you're my son. [laughter] So then, if it is actually your son, then it would seem the father for sure doesn't say tachnun. What if the whole minyan is only because everybody came here because the boy put on tefillin for the first time? So then even the So you have Rabbi Avigdor says you don't say tachnun. Even though the the Minchas Elazar didn't, and is only was not everybody loves every kid as if it's their son. But if it is their son, the bottom line is if it's your son, then the father doesn't say Now does everybody follow that particular So that's why I put up Yehuda is definitely after his father. And it's not an official but you know, nobody protested. You know, nobody protested. Then I found He [clears throat] says regarding the do you say Do you not The is says you don't say So that's just you know, some thoughts. Obviously it's a very special occasion to put on for the first time, especially if it's of the And may you be to wear the And may your parents and your see you everyone for coming. >> Mazel tov.