Reply To: Sheva Brachos Torah

It says, ??? ??? ??? ???. so what is the good that we’re talking about? In Eicha, it says ??? ???? ?? ??? ??? ???????, “It’s good for a man to wear a yoke in his youth”. Chazal tell us (Midrash Rabbah Eicha 3:9)that this refers to the yoke of Torah, the yoke of parnassah, and the yoke of marriage. So this is the “Tov” that the passuk is referring to. Even though it will sometimes seem like a yoke and a burden, this is the ultimate good for a person. (So far this is true. )

So if this passuk is talking about marriage, it makes sense that the neighboring pesukim are also about marriage, and are offering advice for marriage. Let’s see what they say…

??? ??? ?????.. let him sit by himself and be quiet…

??? ???? ????…let him put his mouth in the dirt…

??? ????? ???…let him give his cheek to the one hitting him…

The aufruf is to get the chosson used to things being thrown at him…

In order to make sure I was properly mekayem the mitzvah of sheva brachos, I’d like to just say that ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ????? ????? ??…