A Soulful Journey

Rabbi Alexandri said, “The world is darkened for him whose wife has died during his days.  As it is taught, “The light shall be dark, because his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished.”  - Sanhedrin 22a

"He who has no wife is not a man for Scripture says, "Male and female He created them...and called their name Adam."  - Yevamot 63A And the same can be said for her.

There was a particular woman who was fond of listening to Rabbi Meir teach his students.  Once, when the rabbi’s lesson lasted a long time, she was late in returning to her home.  Angrily her husband asked, “Where have you been?”  When she told him she had been listening to Rabbi Meir’s lesson, he refused to believe her, saying: “I will not allow you into this house until you have spit in Rabbi Meir’s face!”             Friends of the couple, who learned what had happened, suggested they go with her for counsel to Rabbi Meir.             When Rabbi Meir heard what happened, he said to the wife, “I have a favor to ask.  Since the time you left my lesson, I have developed a serious eye infection that can be cured only with the spittle of your mouth.  Therefore, please spit in my eye seven times.”  After...

"A husband's death is felt by none more than his wife; A wife's deathis felt by none more than her husband." -Sanhedrin 22a-b

“Strive to fulfill your wife’s wishes for it is the equivalent to doing God’s will.” – Kallah 111 Imagine, just for a moment, how wonderful this world would be if we took our loved one’s cares and owned them as if they were ours.