I believe that the Presentation of Mary at the temple took place when she was three years old.
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But what is the source for that? Judaism didn’t have any of that type of ceremony for women (as opposed to the Nazaritic vow for males).
**But what is the source for that? Judaism didn’t have any of that type of ceremony for women (as opposed to the Nazaritic vow for males).**
I’ll check on the source. I think it was a thread about St. Anne and St. Joachim.
You are correct that the schooling was meant for the males. That’s why the presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was so unusual. There she was with all these boys to be school in the Jewish scriptures.