Do not take a wife for money or beauty.

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Do not take a wife for money or beauty.

Do not take a wife for money or beauty.

Choose a spouse for their good personality, for money and beauty may disappear.

("Do not take a wife for money or beauty, for money and beauty will pass away and character remains." (Rabbi Yosef Zabara, Sefer Sha'ashu'im, 12))

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Expression (Hebrew)

אַל תִּקַּח אִשָּׁה לְהוֹן אוֹ לְיֹפִי

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ לִבְחֹר בְּבֶן זוּג בַּעַל אִישִׁיּוּת טוֹבָה כִּי הַהוֹן אוֹ הַיֹּפִי הֵם דְּבָרִים זְמַנִּיִּים לְעִתִּים.

("אַל תִּקַּח אִשָּׁה לְהוֹן אוֹ לְיֹפִי, כִּי יֵלֵךְ הַהוֹן וְהַיֹּפִי וְנִשְׁאַר הַדֹּפִי". (ר' יוֹסֵף זַבָּארָה, סֵפֶר שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים, יב))

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