[Avodah] Marriage and Love

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

Prof. Levine wrote:

> The song Love and Marriage is one that Frank Sinatra made famous.
> ...
> However, it seems that from a Torah standpoint the song should have
> been titled Marriage and Love.

That's only if one looks at Yitzchak and Rivka, as you did in that post. But if one looks at Yaakov and Rachel, it seems that "Love and Marriage" is also valid.

Someone one pointed out to me that from Yitzchak and Rivka, we see one extreme of the shidduch process. And from Yaakov and Rachel we see the other extreme of the dating process. And we know absolutely nothing about how Avraham and Sarah met and courted. The conclusion that might be drawn is that the Torah is emphatically NOT teaching a "one size fits all" approach to these matters.

Akiva Miller


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