Originally published in the Jewish Law Annual 10 (1992), p. 291. Shevet ha-Kehati by S.K. Gross (Jerusalem, 1987).— No.263: It might appear from a statement in the Talmud that a man under 40 years of age is not allowed to render decisions in Jewish law, but the author (himself under 40) defends the right to do so; No.332:…