Why can’t we stop judging others by their outside appearance?
With utter disbelief I have read and reread Rabbi Shafier’s response to a letter-writer about hierarchy in marriage.
Moshe emes v’soraso emes! Our heilige Torah is timeless for all generations until Mashiach comes. We get married and continue to be married for the same reason Adam and Chava got married thousands of years ago.
You want a best friend? Go get one and have yourself a party… but that is not what marriage is all about. Yes, v’hu yimshol bach — your husband is your melech and you are his princess! And there is nothing more profound, deep, and more beautiful than a marriage where the husband is the giver, the mashpia, and the wife is the receiver, the mekabel.
Just take one look at the famous Rambam (Hilchos Ishis end of chapter 15) where the Rambam clearly states the exact and explicit forms of respect that a woman has to treat her husband with. The Rambam is the best guidance which every couple should follow and will gain tremendously — guaranteed!
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