Today
I studied TB Berachot daf 8. I can answer the question asked in Eretz
Yisrael quickly and truthfully.
In
Eretz Yisrael, the custom was that when a man married a woman,
they would ask him: Matza or motzeh?
In other words, they would ask the groom whether the appropriate
passage for his wife is the above verse from Proverbs that begins
with the word matza, as it is written: “He who
finds a wife finds good and obtains favor from the Lord” or
whether the more appropriate verse is the one beginning with the word
motzeh, as it is written: “And I find [motzeh]
the woman more bitter than death” (Ecclesiastes
7:26). (translation from Sefaria.com)
I
can answer honestly “Matza!” Marriying Judy was the smartest
thing I have ever done. I owe much of my recovery from my bike
accident to her care and support. Just yesturday she sent me in the
right dirrection. Thursday my massage theripist noticed that my left
eye was bloodshot and wondered outloud whether I had pink eye. That
thought troubled me because my newest granddaughter Laylah was coming
to my house on Sunday and certainly didn’t want her to catch it.
I
told Judy I was going to an urgent care to make sure I didn’t have
pink eye and if I did prescribe the appropriate medication. Judy
instructed in no uncertain terms to see the eye doctor who performed
my cateract surgery. I didn’t think I could get a last minute
appointment before Shabbat entered. She was RIGHT again. I was able
to seeSA my doctor and he told me my problem wasn’t pink eye but
too many ingrown eyelashes. He plucked them and I was good to go!
Matza
indeed. I hope that I live in the way she could say the same for me.
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