Reference for Yevamot 124:13
אמר רבי תנחום א"ר חנילאי כל אדם שאין לו אשה שרוי בלא שמחה בלא ברכה בלא טובה בלא שמחה דכתיב (דברים יד, כו) ושמחת אתה וביתך בלא ברכה דכתיב (יחזקאל מד, ל) להניח ברכה אל ביתך בלא טובה דכתיב (בראשית ב, יח) לא טוב היות האדם לבדו
in me, and that sound wisdom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], the Torah. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> is driven quite from me.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job VI, 13. ');"><sup>34</sup></span> 'Without a [protecting] wall', for it is written, A woman shall encompass a man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XXXI, 22. Cf. R.V. ');"><sup>35</sup></span>
Minchat Chinukh
1. Laws of the Mitzvah etc. - [For reference, see] the Talmud - Yevamos 62, the Rambam - Laws of Marriage, Chapter 15, and the Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer Seif (chapter) 1. The time of the mitzvah [i.e. when one is obligated] is from the age of 18, and one who proceeds [i.e. fulfills earlier than 18] is praiseworthy. [For reference] in regards to being involved in Torah studies [i.e. as potentially delaying one's fulfillment of the mitzvah] see in the aforementioned Rambam and the Maggid Mishnah [on the Rambam]. It is not necessary [to detail the laws regarding] the matter that is explicit in the Shulchan Aruch and Later Sages (Acharonim); however, there are some ideas and opinions to note with the help of Hashem.
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