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

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> There are two questions, shenei sa'aros and age. Bar/t mitzvah ages are
> definitely deRabbanan, enacted based on rov, presumably so as to avoid
> embarassing and un-tzeniusdik checking.

Not so, because hair alone does *not* work; the requirement mid'oraita
is hair *and* age.  The reliance on age *without* checking for hair is
mid'rabanan.





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