The Baha'i Studies Listserv The clearest statement I could find is in the Talmud A maiden aged three years and a day may be acquired in marriage by coition, and if her deceased husband's brother cohabits with her, she becomes his.
The larger context is: http://www.come-and-hear.com/sanhedrin/sanhedrin_55.html Now that I think about it, I wonder if the cutoff is age three here because of the earlier story of Rebecca and Isaac? On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Gilberto Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I found the following blog which gives references > http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/wisdom/jewish-sexual-ethics/ > > But the emphasis seems to be in an odd place. I mean, it seems to be > saying that "sex" doesn't even count as sex before 3. (If she is > younger than that, (less than three years and a day), it is as one who > sticks a finger in the eye” ) But at age three (and a day) is when all > the various legal consequences of sex come into play. Several negative > legal consequences are mentioned. But also since one way of getting > betrothed to someone for marriage is to have sex with them, that is > also included. > > I'm not sure if there is a less roundabout permission for child marriage. > > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Iskandar Hai, M.D. > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The Baha'i Studies Listserv >> >> Reference, please. >> >> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Susan Maneck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Maimonides held that 3 was the permissible marriage age. >>> > >>> >>> __________________________________________________ >> >> __________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] >> Unsubscribe: send a blank email to >> mailto:leave-542703-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@list.jccc.edu >> Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to >> [email protected] >> Or subscribe: >> http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st >> Baha'i Studies is available through the following: >> Mail - mailto:[email protected] >> Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st >> News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st >> Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-542713-68452.e157d5dc5efabb63696f251595c88...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:[email protected] > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-542717-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
