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

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 10:49:43AM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
: >So it would seem to me:
: >The shiur deOraisa is 2 sa'aros. The shiur deRabbanan for dinim deOraisa
: >when lechumrah, is to also require age -- which is 12 for a boy and
: >11 for a girl.

: Huh? Where are you getting these ages?  Are you claiming that, even
: (leshitascha) mid'rabanan, a 12-year-old boy with confirmed hair would
: be a gadol?  AFAIK this is not so, and a boy one day before his bar
: mitzvah is a katan lechol davar, even if he has confirmed and
: unmistakeable hair.

I told you where... Niddah 46a. Rava closes the shaqla vetarya with the
conclusion that the 13th year is like the next year.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha