Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 125:2

סי' אש"ה וקרק"ע עז"ר זא"ת שת"י הברכו"ת תגר"י פחת"י: א"ר אלעזר כל אדם שאין לו אשה אינו אדם שנאמר (בראשית ה, ב) זכר ונקבה בראם ויקרא את שמם אדם ואמר רבי אלעזר כל אדם שאין לו קרקע אינו אדם שנא' (תהלים קטו, טז) השמים שמים לה' והארץ נתן לבני אדם

R. Eleazar said: Any man who has no wife is no proper man; for it is said, <i>Male and female created He them and called their name Adam</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. V, 2. Adam = man. Only when the male and female were united were they called Adam. ');">⁴</span> R. Eleazar further stated: Any man who owns no land is not a proper man; for it is said, <i>The heavens are the heavens of the Lord; but the earth hath he given to the children of men</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXV, 16, emphasis on man and earth. ');">⁵</span> R. Eleazar further stated: What is the meaning of the Scriptural text, <i>I will make him a help meet for him</i>?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. II, 18. ');">⁶</span>

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