Halakhah for Yevamot 125:5
וא"ר אלעזר מאי דכתיב (בראשית ב, כג) זאת הפעם עצם מעצמי ובשר מבשרי מלמד שבא אדם על כל בהמה וחיה ולא נתקררה דעתו עד שבא על חוה
R. Jose met Elijah and asked him: It is written, <i>I will make him a help</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. II, 18. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> how does a woman help a man? The other replied: If a man brings wheat, does he chew the wheat? If flax, does he put on the flax?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously not. His wife grinds the wheat and spins the flax. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Does she not, then, bring light to his eyes and put him on his feet!
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