Pesachim 49a § 5
A Vine Woven with Bramble
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One should always be willing
to sell all he has in order to marry
the daughter of a Torah scholar
and in order to marry off
his daughter to a Torah scholar.
This type of marriage can be compared
to grapes of a vine that become
intertwined with grapes of a vine,
something which is beautiful
and acceptable to God and man.
And one should not marry
the daughter of an ignoramus.
This type of marriage can be compared
to grapes of a vine that have become
intertwined with berries of a bramble,
which is something unseemly and unacceptable.
to sell all he has in order to marry
the daughter of a Torah scholar
and in order to marry off
his daughter to a Torah scholar.
This type of marriage can be compared
to grapes of a vine that become
intertwined with grapes of a vine,
something which is beautiful
and acceptable to God and man.
And one should not marry
the daughter of an ignoramus.
This type of marriage can be compared
to grapes of a vine that have become
intertwined with berries of a bramble,
which is something unseemly and unacceptable.