Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 236:18

רב אשי אומר דקולסא גברא לא בעיא טלפחי לקידרא תנא וכולן מזנות ותולות בבעליהן:

— Come and hear what Resh Lakish said: 'It is preferable to live in grief<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'together', 'as husband and wife'. V. following note. ');">⁴⁵</span> than to dwell in widowhood'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman's maxim. She prefers an unhappy life in a married state to a happy one in solitude. [H] 'with a load of grief', 'in trouble' (last.). According to Rashi, [H] = 'two bodies' (cf. supra n. 4). Levy compares it with the Pers., tandu, 'two persons'. ');">⁴⁶</span> Abaye said: 'With a husband [of the size of an] ant her seat is placed among the great'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A proverb. [H] a free woman, ');">⁴⁷</span>

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