Mesorat%20hashas for Kiddushin 139:7
אמר רבה בר בר חנה כל הנושא אשה שאינה הוגנת לו מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו חרשו לכל העולם כולו וזרעו מלח שנאמר (נחמיה ז, סא) ואלה העולים מתל מלח תל חרשא
Rabbah B'Bar Hanah said: He who takes a wife who is not fitting for him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of an unfit stock.');"><sup>12</sup></span> the Writ stigmatizes him as though he had ploughed the whole world and sown it with salt, as it is said: And these were they which went up front Tel-melah, Tel-harsha.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deriving harsha fr. harash, to plough. Because 'they could not shew' etc., i.e., they were ashamed of their unseemly marriages and strove to conceal them, they turned the world into a ploughed heap sown with salt.');"><sup>13</sup></span> Rabbah son of R'Adda said in Rab's name: He who takes a wife for the sake of money will have unworthy children, as it is said: They have dealt treacherously against the Lord; for they have borne strange children.
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