Gadolhadora…. chazal do set deadlines, they’re not arbitrary. They’re meant to apply when there are no extenuating circumstances; meaning if someone is ready at 20, they should not push it off at all – they’re simply not allowed to according to halacha. If someone would be ready at 19, they would be allowed to push it off… I don’t see how you can take gemaros and call them arbitrary. The poskim discuss them as any other halacha, and like anything else, a rov must be asked. There’s a lot between dismissing the gemara and saying that the age of the gemara is always applicable no matter what…
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