DY: For thousands of years in Europe, pre-Europe and among the Sefardim, Yidden got married not long after their Bar/Bas Mitzvah. No one is suggesting we go back to that age marriage but it is worthwhile discussing how did they manage it? Were the Yidden for all those doros — our zeidas and bubbes — primitive? The Mishna where Chazal advise us Shemone Esrei L’Chuppa is advise when to be married by, not when to start considering marriage.
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