Editing Child marriage (section)

====Judaism====
Ancient [[Rabbi]]s set the age of marriage for every [[Israelite]] at 18 years old; males are expected to be married by 20 years old in [[teenage marriage]] and females can stay unmarried but must be celibate.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10435-marriage-laws|title=MARRIAGE LAWS |website=jewishencyclopedia.com|access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>

In [[Rabbinic Judaism]], males cannot consent to marriage until they reach the age of 13 years and a day and have undergone puberty. They are considered [[Minor (law)|minors]] until the age of twenty. The same rules apply to females, except their age is 12 years and a day. If females show no signs of puberty and males show no signs of puberty or do show impotence, they automatically become adults by age 35 and can marry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10861-minority|title=MAJORITY |website=Jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10888-mi-un|title=MI'UN |website=Jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref>

A large age gap between spouses, in either direction, is advised against as unwise.<ref>''[[Yebamot]]'' 44a</ref> A younger woman marrying a significantly older man however is especially problematic: marrying one's young daughter to an old man was declared as reprehensible as forcing her into prostitution.<ref name="Sanhedrin 76a.23-25"/>

A ''ketannah'' (literally meaning "little [one]") was any girl between the age of 3 years and 12 years plus one day;<ref name="JewEncMaj">{{Jewish Encyclopedia |article=Majority |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=M&artid=91}}</ref> she was subject to her father's authority, and he could arrange a marriage for her without her agreement.<ref name="JewEncMaj" /> However, after reaching the age of maturity, she would have to agree to the marriage to be considered married.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/legal-religious-status-of-married-woman |title=CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR LEGAL MARRIAGE |author=Tirzah Meacham |access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10435-marriage-laws |title=MARRIAGE LAWS |author1=Solomon Schechter |author2=Julius H. Greenstone |access-date=2020-06-10}}</ref>