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GENESIS | 2:18 helper — GEN309 The Sages taught: Concerning an orphan boy...

GEN309 The Sages taught: Concerning an orphan boy who has come to marry, the community tries its utmost to provide for all of his needs.  The charities rent a house for him, arrange for him a bed and all his utensils, and thereafter they marry him a wife, as it is stated: “But you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his deficiency in that which is deficient for him” Deuteronomy 15:8. With regard to the phrase “sufficient for his deficiency,” this is referring to the house. “Which is deficient”’ this is referring to a bed and table. “For him”’ this is referring to a wife.  And similarly the verse states: “I will make him a helper for him” when God created a wife for Adam.  Ketubot 67b.  SEFARIA.ORG

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