Midrash for Sanhedrin 43:20
אמר רבה בר בר חנה אמר רבי יוחנן קשה לזווגם כקריעת ים סוף שנאמר (תהלים סח, ז) אלהים מושיב יחידים ביתה מוציא אסירים בכושרות (אל תיקרי מוציא אסירים אלא כמוציא אסירים אל תיקרי בכושרות אלא בכי ושירות)
Further it is written: Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath beenwitness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealttreacherously, though she is thy companion and the wife of thycovenant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mal. II, 14. ');"><sup>35</sup></span> R. Johanan or, as some say, R. Eleazar said: The death of a man's wife mayonly be ascribed to his failure to pay hisdebts,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The principle of 'measure for measure' (cf. Sotah 8b) is taken to be applicable here; as the man has deprived another of his possession, he is punished by the loss of his dearest possession. ');"><sup>36</sup></span>
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