Mishnah for Niddah 6:11

תִּינוֹקֶת שֶׁהֵבִיאָה שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, אוֹ חוֹלֶצֶת אוֹ מִתְיַבֶּמֶת, וְחַיֶּבֶת בְּכָל מִצְוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה. וְכֵן תִּינוֹק שֶׁהֵבִיא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, חַיָּב בְּכָל מִצְוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בַּתּוֹרָה. וְרָאוּי לִהְיוֹת בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, מִשֶּׁיָּבִיא שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת עַד שֶׁיַּקִּיף זָקָן, הַתַּחְתּוֹן וְלֹא הָעֶלְיוֹן, אֶלָּא שֶׁדִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים בְּלָשׁוֹן נְקִיָּה. תִּינוֹקֶת שֶׁהֵבִיאָה שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, אֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְמָאֵן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיִּרְבֶּה הַשָּׁחֹר:

A female child who produced two [pubic] hairs may participate in either in <i>chalitzah</i> or <i>yibum</i>, and she is obligated in all of the commandments stated in the Torah. And similarly, a male child who produced two [pubic] hairs is obligated in all of the commandments stated in the Torah. And he is fit to become a wayward and rebellious son from the time he produces two hairs until his beard encircles; [this refers to] the lower [beard] and not the upper one, but the Sages spoke in a euphemism. A female child who has produced two hairs cannot do <i>mi'un</i> [the refusal of a marriage by a fatherless child married off by her mother or brother, retroactively annulling the marriage]. Rabbi Yehuda says: [she may still do <i>mi'un</i>] until the black [i.e. the hair] increases.

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