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• Pirkei Avot 5:25
  

"Ben shlosh esveh l'mitzvot "
"Thirteen years old for the commandments"

• Genesis Rabba 63:10

  Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shim'on said,
  A man is (parents are) responsible for his son (their child) until the age of thirteen.
  Afterwards, he (they) must say,



"Baruch she-pataroni me-onshõ shel zeh "
"Bless the one Who has freen me from responsiblity for this one (our son)."



"Baruch she-pataroni me-onshõ shel zeot"
"Bless the one Who has freen me from responsiblity for this one (our daughter)."

• Schehecheyanu



"Baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam shecheyanu v'kiy'manu v'higyanu lazman hazeh."
" Blessed are you, Lord, our God, king of the universe who has brought us to life,
sustained us, and brought us to this time."