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Mishnah, Niddah, 6.11

nan If a girl has grown two pubic hairs she may perform either halitzah or contract levirate marriage, and she is obligated in all the commandments in the Torah. So too if a boy has grown two pubic hairs, he is obligated in all of the commandments in the Torah. He is fit to become a wayward and rebellious son from the time he has grown two hairs until the time when his beard forms a circle. This refers to the lower, and not to the upper one, but the sages spoke using a euphemism. A girl who has grown two hairs may no longer refuse the marriage. Rabbi Judah says: [she may refuse] until the black [hairs] predominate."

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subject	book bibliographic info
conversion	Schiffman (1983) 68
court,of three	Schiffman (1983) 68
deaf-mute,heave-offering separated by	Avery-Peck (1981) 34
essenes	Schiffman (1983) 68
havurah (pharisaic)	Schiffman (1983) 68
heave-offering,separation of	Avery-Peck (1981) 34
hebrew,masoretic	Schiffman (1983) 68
hebrew,qumran	Schiffman (1983) 68
hebrew,rabbinic	Schiffman (1983) 68
judah,heave-offering,separated by minor	Avery-Peck (1981) 34
minor,heave-offering separated by	Avery-Peck (1981) 34
oath,of initiation	Schiffman (1983) 68
oath	Schiffman (1983) 68
orthography,masoretic,qumran	Schiffman (1983) 68
priests,aaronide	Schiffman (1983) 68
puberty	Schiffman (1983) 68
sect,admittance to	Schiffman (1983) 68
temple,cult	Schiffman (1983) 68
witnesses,qualifications of'	Schiffman (1983) 68
yose,heave-offering,separated by minor	Avery-Peck (1981) 34