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

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From: Ben Waxman _ben1456 at zahav.net.il_ (mailto:ben1456 at zahav.net.il) 

>>Maybe  a woman isn't married against her will but a girl can be. Her father 
can  marry her off (doreitta) or her brother and/or mother (d'rabbanan). In 
the  latter case she can get out of it without a get, but married she most  
certainly is. And this was done in Jewish communities all around the  world.<<

>>>>>
I had forgotten this.  It's  strange that the halacha that a woman's consent 
must be obtained before marriage  is derived from Rivka -- "Nish'al es pi 
hana'arah" -- and she was only three  years old at the time!  (at least according 
to  Rashi)




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