Reference for Berakhot 30:5

ודילמא כולה ר' יהודה היא ותרי גווני קטן וחסורי מחסרא והכי קתני הכל כשרין לקרות את המגילה חוץ מחש"ו בד"א בקטן שלא הגיע לחנוך אבל קטן שהגיע לחנוך אפילו לכתחלה כשר דברי רבי יהודה שרבי יהודה מכשיר בקטן

But perhaps the whole of it is R. Judah's view, there being two kinds of "minor," and [the wording of the Mishnah] is defective and should read thus : "All are fit and proper persons to read the Megillah except a deaf person, a mentally defective person and a minor. Of whom does this speak ? Of a minor who has not yet reached Initiation; but a minor who has reached Initiation is fit to read it even ab initio. These are the words of R. Judah, for R. Judah permits a minor to read."

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