A spouse is matched to a person only according to their deeds

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A spouse is matched to a person only according to their deeds

A spouse is matched to a person only according to their deeds

A person is granted a spouse according to the decree of divine providence, based on their conduct.

(“A spouse is not matched to a person except according to his deeds, as it is said (Psalms 125): ‘For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous.’ Rabba bar bar Hana said in the name of Rabbi Yohanan: And matching couples is as difficult as the splitting of the Red Sea.” – Sotah 2a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין מְזַוְּגִין לוֹ לָאָדָם אִשָּׁה אֶלָּא לְפִי מַעֲשָׂיו

Definition (Hebrew)

הָאָדָם זוֹכֶה לַבַּת זוּג אוֹ לְבֶן זוּג ע"פ הַהַשְׁגָּחָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה בְּהֶתְאֵם לְהִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ, טוֹבָה אוֹ רָעָה.

("אֵין מְזַוְּגִין לוֹ לְאָדָם אִשָּׁה אֶלָּא לְפִי מַעֲשָׂיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר(תְּהִלִּים קכה)כִּי לֹא יָנוּחַ שֵׁבֶט הָרֶשַׁע עַל גּוֹרַל הַצַּדִּיקִים. אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה אָמַר ר' יוֹחָנָן: וְקָשִׁין לְזַוְּגָן כִּקְרִיעַת יַם סוּף"- סוֹטָה ב ע"א)

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