Bar Mitzvah on Yom Kippur: Fasting and Tosefes

Date: Tzom Gedaliah 5575

From: Rabbi Moshe Sofer

To: Rabbi Naftali

Description

A boy whose thirteenth birthday falls on Yom Kippur — is he obligated in the fast and in tosefes? The Chasam Sofer rules he must fast from the onset of Yom Kippur itself but is exempt from tosefes, since 'there is no tosefes without an existing base obligation.'

Source: Shu"t Chasam Sofer OC §172

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