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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: What is a mamzer?
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Date: Wed, 27-Mar-85 14:19:45 EST
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> A mamzer is not permitted many rights, including bar-mitzvah,

	A mamzer, just like any other Jew, is obligated to observe
 the mitzvot. The obligation starts at the mamzer's 13th birthday,
 for a boy, and 12 for a girl. I don't know if there is any prohibition
 against making a party for a mamzer to commemorate the occasion. 

	In general, even if there is no formal party or even if the 
 person ( mamzer or no ) never entered a synogogue, the person would
 still be obligated to perform the mitzvot once he ( she ) becomes of age.


				Eliyahu Teitz.