Reply To: Meikil=Less Religious?

Rav Hirsch actually explains kiddushin 29b according to the ran, which explains “ha lan ve’ha lahu” that in bavel you should get married first and then devote yourself to learning Torah, because the women were strong and able to support their husbands in learning. In eretz yisroel they were weaker and unable to, so it was better to devote years to learning first and then get married, when the man will have to support. Not all rishonim understood the gemara that way, but rav hirsch goes with it.