Sotah 2a § 2,3
Matching Based on Deeds
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When Resh Lakish would introduce
his discussion of the Torah passage
of sotah he would say:
Heaven matches a woman to a man
only according to his actions,
For the rod of wickedness
shall not rest upon
the lot of the righteous.
Indicating that if one has a wicked
wife it is due to his own evil conduct.
Rashi (note 28): A modest woman is
paried with a righteous man, and an
immodest woman with a wicked man.
his discussion of the Torah passage
of sotah he would say:
Heaven matches a woman to a man
only according to his actions,
For the rod of wickedness
shall not rest upon
the lot of the righteous.
Indicating that if one has a wicked
wife it is due to his own evil conduct.
Rashi (note 28): A modest woman is
paried with a righteous man, and an
immodest woman with a wicked man.