[Avodah] The completion of the good was not man, but woman

[Yitzchok Levine]

The following is from RSRH's commentary on Bereishis 2:18. YL

God said: It is not good that man should be 
alone; I will make a helpmeet for him.

The completion of the good was not man, but woman; only when
woman was created was the good completed — for man and for the
entire world. As our Rabbis teach us: Only by virtue of his wife is a
man called an Adom; only husband and wife together are called Adom
(Yevamos 63a). The task is too great for either to perform alone, and
must therefore be shared by another. Hence, woman was added to man,
so that, together, they should fully accomplish the purpose of Adom.

The woman is to be his  Ezer K'negdo. Even a superficial glance reveals
that this term expresses the true dignity of woman. It does not carry
any implication of sexual relationship. Woman was placed into the
sphere of man’s activities. There she is needed, and there she is to be
an Ezer K'negdo. And Ezer K'negdo does not imply 
that woman is to be subordinate
to man; actually, it connotes complete equality and equal independence.
Woman is K'negdo, at man’s side, parallel to him, on one line. 
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