In what ways can we authentically and positively support our husband’s spiritual growth?
Society wouldn’t function without trust. We trust our neighbors with our mail and our butcher to sell us the correct cut of meat.
The closer the relationship, the deeper the trust. The Chovos Halevavos says that true trust means you can rely on another person to do what is best for you. This is the trust the Eishes Chayil’s husband has in her. The pasuk says, Batach bah lev baalah — her husband’s heart trusts in her. The heart is the organ that feeds all the other organs, enabling them to function. Spiritually, a person’s heart provides the motivation and feeling that drives all his choices. The Eishes Chayil’s husband knows that she will help him be his deepest possible spiritual self.
As a result, v’shalal lo yechsar — he will not lack wealth.
What is true wealth? Our money isn’t worth anything after 120. True wealth is only our reward in Olam Haba. The sefer Imrei Yaakov explains that the husband knows that his wife will do everything in her power to help him earn his World to Come. She will encourage him to learn Torah, do chesed, and give tzedakah.
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