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<DIV><BR>>>I know of very little (though not nothing) indicating<BR>that
girls ever "ought to" have got married that young; I think it<BR>was always
regarded as simply what people did, rather than as some<BR>moral
imperative. I think we today should regard it much as we do<BR>cousin
marriages: morally neutral, used to be common, is no
longer<BR>common....<<</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>-- <BR>Zev
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<DIV>>>>>><BR>It was not that long ago that such young marriages
were still taking place among frum Jews. See *The Rebbe's Daughter:
Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood* by Malkah Shapiro (a book I found absolutely
fascinating). She lived from 1894 to 1971, born in Poland, died in
E'Y. She was the daughter of the Rebbe of Kozienice (that's how the book
spells it -- sort of looks like "cozy and nice" doesn't it?). And she was
married at age 12. However, the chassan was a youngster not much older
than herself -- not a man old enough to be her grandfather.</DIV></DIV>
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