Last semester, we studied the Proverbs 31 woman in class briefly, and I must say, I was severely piqued by some comments made about her. Everyone treats her like a model woman. "Oh, she does this, so I have to too!" Really? When was the last time you used a distaff? Do you even know what a distaff is? Do you sleep? Does everyone in your household wear clothes that you made? Are you an entrepreneur? If you said 'no' to any of these questions, according to traditional interpretation, you just don't make the cut of an excellent wife.
I spent a lot of time trying to articulate my frustrations with the typical Proverbs 31 woman approach, but I never could quite communicate what I was thinking properly. Until I read
this article. And, to an extent,
this one as well. And then I stopped trying. Enjoy it! It's a gem.
From the dust of the Rabbi,
~Camille
1 comments:
It's humorous how so many Christians expect women to literally become a "Proverbs 31 woman," despite the near impossibility in today's culture and economy. Human labor is so expensive now that even the wealthy here in America rarely have servants in the traditional sense. And I've never met a man who comes close to being a respected elder sitting at the city gate.
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