Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 117:12

ורבי אלעזר ורבי שמעון סברי בתולה בתולה שלימה משמע בתוליה ואפי' מקצת בתולים בבתוליה עד שיהיו כל בתוליה קיימין בין בכדרכה בין שלא כדרכה

HE SHALL NOT MARRY ONE WHO IS ADOLESCENT. Our Rabbis taught: And he shall take a wife in her virginity<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 13. ');">²⁶</span> excludes one who is adolescent, whose virginity is ended; so R. Meir. R. Eleazar and R. Simeon permit the marriage of one who is adolescent. On what principle do they differ? — R. Meir is of the opinion that virgin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. ');">²⁷</span> implies even [one who retains] some of her virginity; her virginity<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. ');">²⁸</span>

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