Reply To: Shemoneh Esrei L'Chuppah

July 20, 2011 8:02 pm at 8:02 pm #789605

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HaLeiVi: In Europe until relatively fairly recently, Chasanim and Kallah’s did marry before age 18.

I think the Mishna’s directive of Shemoneh Esrei L’Chupah is intended as a ceiling not a floor.