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והמלוה סלע לעני בשעת דחקו — עליו הכתוב אומר: ״אז תקרא וה׳ יענה תשוע ויאמר הנני״.
and who lends a sela to a pauper at his time of need, about him the verse states: “Then should you call, and YHWH will answer; you should cry, and He will say: Here I am” (Isaiah 58:9).
סימן: אשה. וקרקע. עזר. זאת. שתי. הברכות. תגרי. פחתי. אמר רבי אלעזר: כל אדם שאין לו אשה — אינו אדם, שנאמר: ״זכר ונקבה בראם ויקרא את שמם אדם״. ואמר רבי אלעזר: כל אדם שאין לו קרקע — אינו אדם, שנאמר: ״השמים שמים לה׳ והארץ נתן לבני אדם״.
§ The Talmud provides a mnemonic device for a series of statements cited in the name of R' Elazar: Woman; and land; helper; this; two; the blessings; merchants; lowly. The Talmud presents these statements: R' Elazar said: Any man who does not have a wife is not a man, as it is stated: “Male and female He created them…and called their name Adam” (Genesis 5:2). And R' Elazar said: Any man who does not have his own land is not a man, as it is stated: “The heavens are the heavens of YHWH; but the earth He has given to the children of men” (Psalms 115:16).
ואמר רבי אלעזר, מאי דכתיב ״אעשה לו עזר כנגדו״: זכה — עוזרתו, לא זכה — כנגדו. ואיכא דאמרי: רבי אלעזר רמי, כתיב ״כנגדו״, וקרינן ״כנגדו״. זכה — כנגדו, לא זכה — מנגדתו.
And R' Elazar said: What is the meaning of that which is written: “I will make him a helpmate for him [kenegdo]” (Genesis 2:18)? If one is worthy his wife helps him; if he is not worthy she is against him. And some say a slightly different version: R' Elazar raised a contradiction: It is written in the Torah with a spelling that allows it to be read: Striking him [kenagdo], and we read it as though it said: For him [kenegdo]. If he is worthy she is for him as his helpmate; if he is not worthy she strikes him.
אשכחיה רבי יוסי לאליהו, אמר ליה, כתיב: ״אעשה לו עזר״, במה אשה עוזרתו לאדם? אמר ליה: אדם מביא חיטין — חיטין כוסס? פשתן — פשתן לובש? לא נמצאת מאירה עיניו ומעמידתו על רגליו?!
The Talmud relates that R' Yosei encountered Elijah the prophet and said to him: It is written: I will make him a helpmate. In what manner does a woman help a man? Elijah said to him: When a man brings wheat from the field, does he chew raw wheat? When he brings home flax, does he wear unprocessed flax? His wife turns the raw products into bread and clothing. Is his wife not found to be the one who lights up his eyes and stands him on his feet?
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