Related%20passage for Sotah 33:18

דריש רבא בשכר שאמר אברהם אבינו ואנכי עפר ואפר זכו בניו לב' מצות אפר פרה ועפר סוטה

R. Akiba expounded: When husband and wife are worthy, the <i>Shechinah</i> abides with them; when they are not worthy fire consumes them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The letters of the word for 'husband' are aleph, yod and shin, and for 'wife' aleph, shin and he. The yod and he form the Divine Name; but if omitted, only aleph and shin are left which form the word esh 'fire'. ');">¹⁷</span>

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