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The age of majority, in Judaism, is closely connected to the onset of Puberty; in classical rabbinical literature, a person was only regarded as an adult once they had reached the estimated average age for the onset of puberty, and had visible signs of puberty (the presence of two or more pubic hairs). The estimate made by the Talmud for of the average age for puberty, for men is 13 years of age, and for women is 12 years. However, if a woman became pregnant, she was considered an adult, regardless of any other consideration.

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  • Age of majority in Judaism
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  • The age of majority, in Judaism, is closely connected to the onset of Puberty; in classical rabbinical literature, a person was only regarded as an adult once they had reached the estimated average age for the onset of puberty, and had visible signs of puberty (the presence of two or more pubic hairs). The estimate made by the Talmud for of the average age for puberty, for men is 13 years of age, and for women is 12 years. However, if a woman became pregnant, she was considered an adult, regardless of any other consideration.
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  • The age of majority, in Judaism, is closely connected to the onset of Puberty; in classical rabbinical literature, a person was only regarded as an adult once they had reached the estimated average age for the onset of puberty, and had visible signs of puberty (the presence of two or more pubic hairs). The estimate made by the Talmud for of the average age for puberty, for men is 13 years of age, and for women is 12 years. However, if a woman became pregnant, she was considered an adult, regardless of any other consideration. In Judaism, if there were no signs of puberty at the estimated average age for puberty, the person would be officially regarded as a child until they were 20 years old. Even then, if the person still did not have visible signs of puberty, unless they were discovered to be impotent, the classical Jewish regulations would continue to regard them as a child. Nevertheless, once a person reaches 35 years of age, plus one day, Judaism classes them as an adult, regardless of their genital state; this principle was based on the fact that by then they would be more than half way through the three score years and ten (70 years), which a psalm claims to be the standard lifespan for a human.
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