T he Woman from Tzarfas
Ready to give even in the face of the unknown,
T he Woman from Tzarfas
“Mirror mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all?”
Yiddishkeit has a clear answer: the fairest of them all is the person who dedicates himself to be an eved Hashem with mesirus nefesh and love. Such a person embraces his life challenges as opportunities of continued growth and connection; he understands he has a mission to fulfill that’s unique to him. In particular he does it with a sense of enthusiasm and passion.
The Ishah HaTzarfatis who appears in the 17th chapter of Melachim personifies these traits. We’d do well to take her as a role model for our lives.
To inspire the people to return to Hashem Eliyahu Hanavi declares a famine on the land. After sustaining him in Nachal Krit for a few months with the ravens Hashem commands Eliyahu Hanavi to travel north to Tzarfas and tells him a widow there will provide for him for the duration of the famine.
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