[Avodah] the cohen gadol and marriage to a pubescent girl

David Riceman driceman at att.net
Wed Jul 2 11:14:11 PDT 2008


Just to back up a bit, is the age of majority prescribed in halacha 
d'oraysa or d'rabbanan? Logically it should be d'oraysa, since that's 
the age when hiyuvim d'oraysa begin.  OTOH I know of no Biblical source 
prescribing either age or physical characteristics for onset of majority.

David Riceman



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