Igrot Kodesh · Letter 9372

There are[1] in this case several issues arising simultaneously[2]: the name of the grandmother, that of the mother, that of the fiancée, an older brother. You will therefore convene three Rabbis*, who will surely base their analysis on the responsa* of the Tzemach Tzedek*, section Even HaEzer*, chapter 143, according to which one should marry at eighteen years of age, in accordance with the Mishnah*[3]. And our Sages derive from the Mitzvah* of cleaving to Hashem that it is good to marry the daughter of a Torah scholar and to give one's own daughter in marriage to a Torah scholar, according to the laws of opinions*[4], chapter 6, paragraph 2, as it is said[5]: "You shall do according to what they instruct you." This will be at a good and fruitful moment.

Notes

(1) See Likutei Sichot*, vol. 24, p. 461.
(2) And constitute obstacles to a planned marriage.
(3) Tractate Avot*, at the end of chapter 5. The opinion of the Rabbis must therefore facilitate the possibility of marrying in such a case.
(4) Of the Rambam*.
(5) Shoftim 17:10–11.

ט'שעב

[אלול תשכ"ז]

כיון שיש בהנ"ל - צירוף ענינים:

שם הסבתא, האם, המדוברת תי', אח מבוגר וכו',

יושיבו ג' רבנים, שבודאי שקו"ט עפ"י שו"ת הצ"צ חאה"ע סקמ"ג דבר המשנה שבן ח"י לחופה כו', פי' חז"ל במ"ע דלדבקה כו', לישא בת ת"ח ולהשיא בתו לת"ח (הלכות דעות ו' ב) ועשית ע"פ אשר יורוך - בשעטומ"צ.

ט'שעב
נדפסה בלקו"ש חכ"ד ע' 461.

דבר המשנה : אבות ספ"ה.

ועשית ע"פ אשר יורוך : פ' שופטים יז, יו"ד-יא.