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<p>(Still way behind in digest reading, so please excuse me if this thought has already been mentioned in a recent digest.)<br>
In Avodah Digest V26#3, RYG noted:<br>
> The widespread custom of the bride and groom not seeing each other for the week before the wedding is apparently of quite recent origin. <<br>
An "ancient"-minhag favorite :( of mine: b'nei mitzva not wearing a talis [gadol] until they're ba'alei batim (i.e. married). Not only is it a relatively-recent phenomenon that many take for granted nowadays, but it's downright improper (e.g. see BH 17:4, quoted in MB 17:10, as well as MhSh ad loc.) in an era when most parents can afford to buy taleisim for their sons (and do purchase talisei qatan for those sons even years prior to age 13 mishum chinuch).<br>
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A guten Shabbes and all the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager</body></html>