Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Nedarim 132:10

מתני׳ <big><strong>נערה</strong></big> המאורסה אביה ובעלה מפירין נדריה

so she went and brought him two candles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Denoting either 'melons' or 'candles'. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> 'Go and break them on the head of the baba.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Threshold; i.e., break them on the top of the threshold. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> Now Baba b. Buta was sitting on the threshold, engaged in judging in a lawsuit. So she went and broke them on his head. Said lie to her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' no note. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> 'What is the meaning of this that thou hast done?' — She replied, 'Thus my husband did order me.' 'Thou hast performed thy husband's will,' he rejoined; 'may the Almighty bring forth from thee two sons like Baba b. Buta. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IN THE CASE OF A BETROTHED MAIDEN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There were two stages of marriage. (i) erusin, betrothal, and (ii) nissu'in, hometaking. The betrothed maiden was called arusah, and her husband arus. Erusin was as binding as marriage, and could be annulled only by divorce, but cohabitation was forbidden, and the arusah remained in her father's house until the nissu'in. By maiden — na'arah — a girl between twelve years and one day and twelve and a half years plus one day old is meant, after which she becomes a bogereth. The reference to a maiden here is to exclude a bogereth, not a minor. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> HER FATHER AND HER BETROTHED HUSBAND ANNUL HER VOWS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Num. XXX, 3ff. But not separately, because she is partly under the authority of both. A bogereth is not under her father's authority, and is therefore excluded. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>

Pele Yoetz

A woman who falls into a relationship with a man who is rough in his manners and his opinions, and who is a wretched, worthless person who lacks all good attributes, should not for this reason diminish his honor in her eyes and hate him in her heart, God forbid. Rather, she should nevertheless be cautious regarding his honor, a good man just as a sinner, a contemptible man just as an honorable man, because the word of the king and ruler of the world is upon her, and "What have you to do with the secrets of God?" (Berachot 10a), for God is the settler of the single ones and the joiner of couples, thus all that is imposed upon her to do, she shall do. What is this similar to? To a man whom the king wishes to honor and makes him the second to the king, and all the nation is required to act with honor towards him even if he is a leper or a zav, and so is this matter. And just as a woman should be cautious with regard to the commandments of niddah, challah, and lighting candles, so should she be cautious with regard to her husband's honor, because such was commanded to her by the king, and her reward will be increased as her actions prove that they are done for their own sake, and she fulfills the decree of the king of the world.
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