Four Jewish Brides by Liora Ayalon

Author:Liora Ayalon [Ayalon, Liora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-24T23:00:00+00:00

The Other Jacob Isaac

Son of Matil

And Sheindel continues her story:

After he divorced Miriam, “The Seer” joined the court of Rabbi Elimelech. Not many days later, after appearing at the court, they were already in a rush to have him marry Tehila Shprintze, the daughter of an established family. Tehila was a good woman from a reputable family, compassionate and merciful, although not a great beauty, and did not uplift his soul, yet The Seer was happy with her because she bore no unique signs − not on her face and, more importantly, not on her forehead. Moreover, all those who met her and looked at her couldn’t recall her facial features, which had faded in their memory and at the moment they beheld her. Her body was angular, and her clothes never made her shapely. She was quiet, not talkative, and her eyes were always lowered, looking at the floor, like The Seer in his youth. What the rabbi read on her forehead, he never told. He probably saw nothing; perhaps he only saw that she was shy and humble or interpreted her modesty as a positive quality, but this may be doubtful − with no offense to the truth. He probably saw her always staying in his shadow and found that to be a positive trait. Had she directed her gaze at him, he would have noticed that her eyes were gray, and their beauty was

worthy of praise. But since she constantly lowered her eyes and didn’t look into the eyes of people facing her, her long eyelashes couldn’t be revealed in all their beauty and could only cast a shadow on her face and blur her image even more. And when she went out to the marketplace, she was treated like a simple woman, and no one recognized her as the great Rebbetzin of Lublin, the wife of the righteous man. With the passing years, she preferred to remain cloistered in her home, where she walked around like a shadow. But she had a great soul, and The Seer recognized this. It is told that one Sabbath, there was no money in the house for groceries, so she stood on the street corner, begging for money. A rough-looking passer-by threw her two small coins. She thanked him and blessed him, “May you be blessed. May the light of the Sabbath guide you on your way.”

On that day, during the evening prayer, the soul of The Seer rose to the heavens, and there he witnessed a debate between the heavenly angels, who called on Jacob Isaac to settle the dispute because on the one hand, the Rebbetzin blessed someone with the light of the Sabbath, but on the other, the man who received the blessing was a crude soul, unworthy of such a valuable Sabbath blessing. The Seer of Lublin pondered the matter and determined that “The man who was blessed is indeed uncouth and unworthy of such supernal light,” the Seer of Lublin agreed. “But isn’t it possible

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