Commentary for Bava Batra 311:3

אמר רב נחמן אמר שמואל בודקין לקדושין לגרושין ולחליצה ולמיאונין ולמכור בנכסי אביו עד שיהא בן עשרים

he would not have presented him with a gift; the Rabbis, [therefore.] said [that] his gift shall be a [legal] gift in order that people might render him service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'things'. ');">⁷</span> R. Nahman said in the name of Samuel: [A youth] must be examined [to ascertain whether he has the signs of maturity]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he is thirteen years and one day old; or, in the case of a girl, twelve years and a day. ');">⁸</span> in respect of betrothal,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Betrothal is not legal unless the examination had revealed signs of maturity. ');">⁹</span>

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