The mathematical issue is only a present day factor, with the boys being so close in age to the girls. In previous times the husband was much much older than his wife, and certainly than his youngest wife. [In fact the Kohen Gadol could only marry a girl of up to 12 .5 yrs a besula. So if his wife died and he had no other, he had no choice BUT to marry a young girl before Yom Kippur.]
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