Commentary for Taanit 26:1

אין הבוגרת רשאה לנוול את עצמה בימי אבל אביה הא נערה רשאה

A girl who has reached adolescence<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Twelve and a half years of age plus one day. opposed to a vrgb twelve years plus one day old.');">¹</span> may not make herself unsightly during the days of mourning for her father.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In order not to prejudice her chances of marriage because of her unsightliness.');">²</span> This implies that a girl who has not reached adolescence may [make herself unsightly].

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