I think we are living in a transitional generation and there is a very slow but gradual upward creep in the age of kiddushin as more frum young men and women take advantage of the new programs available for college and graduate education geared towards the frum tzibur. Also, the new Administration has vowed to cut off welfare payments, food stamps, etc. for able bodied young men and women who are not working at least part time. I dont’ think they will have a special “shteiging exemption” for kollel yungerleit who refuse to work. This MAY encourage more young men and women to stay in school and get the educational skills they need to get a job and support their families, knowing that reliance on public assistance may no longer be an option in the future.
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