אִישׁ וְאִשָּׁה, זָכוּ- שְׁכִינָה בֵּינֵיהֶם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

A man and a woman, if they merit— the Divine Presence is between them

הגדרה (אנגלית)

If the couple merit a life of harmony, then the Divine Presence dwells in their home.

(“Rabbi Akiva expounded: A man and a woman, if they merit—the Divine Presence is between them, if not—fire consumes them” (Sotah 17a); and also: “From the Lord comes a wife for a man, and the Creator of the universe will complete this building… and a man and a woman, if they merit, the Divine Presence is between them” (Haim Sabato, Ke’af’apei Shachar, p. 71))