Making a Siyum on Mishnayot with Artscroll Commentary During Nine Days
QUESTION
Does completing a masechet of Mishnayot with the Artscroll commentary constitute a significant enough accomplishment for a 14-year-old to make a siyum and eat meat during the Nine Days? May he recite the hadran and special kaddish?
ANSWER
If it was a meaningful accomplishment and took ongoing time and investment, then yes.
See Iggrot Moshe Orach Chaim 1:157:
בדבר אם יש להחשיב סעודת מצוה לפטור הבכורים מהתענית ערב פסח ולאכול בשר מר”ח אב עד התענית גם כשמסיימין בחבורה שלומדים מקרא בעיון …אבל מ”מ נראה
