Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 43:22

א"ר שמואל בר נחמן לכל יש תמורה חוץ מאשת נעורים שנא' (ישעיהו נד, ו) ואשת נעורים כי תמאס מתני לה רב יהודה לרב יצחק בריה אין אדם מוצא קורת רוח אלא מאשתו ראשונה שנא' (משלי ה, יח) יהי מקורך ברוך ושמח מאשת

Again it is written, And Ispoke unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died. And furtherit is written, Behold I will profane my Sanctuary, the pride of your power,the desire of your eyes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Likening the death of one's wife, whom the Rabbis regarded as the principal factor in guarding the sanctity of the home, to the destruction of the Sanctuary. ');">³⁹</span> R. Alexandri said: The world is darkened for him whose wife has died in hisdays [i.e., predeceased him], as it is written, The light shall be dark becauseof his tent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (E.V. 'in his tent'), used metaphorically for wife. Hence, The light shall be dark because of the loss of his wife.' V. Deut. V, 30. M. K. 7b. ');">⁴⁰</span> and his lamp over himshall be put out.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XVIII, 6. ');">⁴¹</span> R. Jose b. Haninasaid: His steps grow short,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His bodily strength diminishes. ');">⁴²</span> as itis said: The steps of his strength shall bestraightened.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 7. ');">⁴³</span> R. Abbahu said: Hiswits collapse, as it is written, And his own counsel shall cast himdown.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');">⁴⁴</span> Rabbah b. Bar Hannah said in R. Johanan's name: To effect a union betweenman and woman is as difficult as the dividing of the RedSea,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the passage of the Israelites. ');">⁴⁵</span> as it is written: God makeththe solitary dwell in houses; He bringeth out the prisoners untoprosperity.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LXVIII, 7. This is derived from the juxtaposition of the two parts of the verse, thus comparing the difficulty of making the solitary unite and dwell in houses as man and wife to that of delivering the Israelites from Egypt, i.e., of bringing out the prisoners from bondage unto prosperity. Current texts continue: 'Read not [H] but [H] (as when He bringeth out). Again, read not [H] but [H] (with wailing and song).' I.e., just as the deliverance of Israel brought forth wailing from Egypt and rejoicing from the Israelites, so is it when there is no mutual satisfaction in married life (cf. Midrash Tanhuma 'Thisa 5). This passage is, however, missing in most editions and Ms.M; v. D.S. a.l. ');">⁴⁶</span> But is it really so?Did not Rab Judah say in Rab's name: Forty days before the embryo is formed,a heavenly voice goes forth and says: The daughter of so and so for so andso?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., since marriage is predestined, what is the difficulty in mating man and woman? ');">⁴⁷</span> — There is no difficulty: thisapplies to the first marriage; the earlier statement, to the second. R. Samuel b. Nahman said: All things can be replaced, except the wife ofone's youth, as it is written, And a wife of [one's] youth, can she berejected?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LIV, 6. ');">⁴⁸</span> Rab Judah taught his son R. Isaac: Only with one's first wife does one findpleasure,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'quickening of spirit'. ');">⁴⁹</span> as it is said: Let thyfountain be blessed and have joy of the wife of

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