Commentary for Pesachim 173:6

דכתיב (שיר השירים ח, י) אז הייתי בעיניו כמוצאת שלום וא"ר יוחנן ככלה שנמצאת שלימה בבית חמיה ורדופה לילך להגיד שבחה בבית אביה כדכתיב (הושע ב, יח) והיה ביום ההוא נאם ה' תקראי אישי ולא תקראי לי עוד בעלי אמר רבי יוחנן ככלה בבית חמיה ולא ככלה בבית אביה

which R'Johanan interpreted: Like a bride who was found perfect [shelemah] in her father-in-law's home and is eager to go and recount her merits in her father's house, as it is written,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: it is written, this introducing a new passage.');">¹¹</span> And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call Me My husband [Ishi], and thou shalt call Me no more My Master [Ba'ali]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. II, 18.');">¹²</span> R'Johanan said: [That means] like a bride in her father-in-law's house, and not like a bride in her father's house.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., like a bride who has already gone over to her husband completely, and is more intimate with him (viz., after nissu'in, the completion of marriage) , and not like a bride in her father's house, which is after erusin (betrothal) only (Rashal) .');">¹³</span>

Explore commentary for Pesachim 173:6. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.