Examine the lives of the great Jewish women to which the Medrash on Eishes Chayil refers.Study the simple meaning of the text to understand how a married woman creates and nourishes herself, her family and her society.She is able juggle multiple roles and balance her priorities at each stage of life with intelligence and sensitivity. Whoever she is, her daily life reflects her top priorities - she stays focused on what she knows is truly important. She is someone we would all enjoy spending time with - as well as someone who we could strive to become."Īdapted from the IntroductionThe Eishes Chayil has many professional and personal accomplishments, all rooted in her deep faith in G-d and desire to do His will. She is humble, strong, decisive, nurturing and lives with faith. As we will discover as we explore the verses of the poem line by line, the Eishes Chayil is no pushover. The Eishes Chayil described in the verses - and our sources - looks nothing like the image I had painted in my head. In a few words, the Eishes Chayil, while praiseworthy and awe-inspiring, was someone I would never want to spend time with.īut I was wrong.
I assumed that the family of the Eishes Chayil would look nothing like mine and would be remarkably sensitive, calm and learned.
I thought that the Eishes Chayil would spend most of her time engaged in house work, child care or meditative practice. "Despite my knowing all the words to the poem, I thought that the Eishes Chayil was demure and gentle, a woman with a perpetual smile, a starched apron, a warm cake in one hand, and a Tehillim in the other.
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