Making room for Hashem in the home: seven pointers from Chazal and from our Rebbe’s letters.
In this part
- Hashem allowed the holy Name to be erased for peace between husband and wife (Chullin 141a).
- Ish and ishah: when they merit it, the Shechinah rests between them (Sotah 17a).
- Honor, gentle influence, never being “the boss,” and not being pulled into an argument.
- Saying sorry, a little goodwill between two hard surfaces, and real appreciation.
- A coin in the pushka every weekday morning.
Sources
- Chullin 141a
- Sotah 17a
- Yevamos 62b
- Rambam, Hilchos Ishus 15:19
- Rambam, Hilchos Ishus 15:20
- Our Rebbe, letter of 13 Tammuz 5725
- Our Rebbe, letter of 2 Shevat 5719
- Our Rebbe, letter of 27 Elul 5717 (Igros Kodesh vol. 11 p. 417)
- Our Rebbe, letter of 5 Iyar 5726
- Mishnah Eduyos 8:7
Review questions
- What does Chazal’s teaching about the erasing of Hashem’s Name show?How precious peace between husband and wife is: Hashem allowed the holy Name to be erased to bring peace between them (Chullin 141a).
- What is the lesson of ish and ishah?The yud of ish and the hei of ishah form Hashem’s Name. When they merit it, the Shechinah rests between them, so shalom bayis means making room for Hashem in the home (Sotah 17a).
- What did our Rebbe write about being “the boss”?Never to be the boss: gentle influence is what works (letter of 13 Tammuz 5725).
- What daily practice does this part suggest?A coin in the pushka each weekday morning, for Hashem’s blessing in the home, and never being the one who starts an argument.
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