Exempla of the Rabbis, Tale 401

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 401

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 16, 2025

II. A young man travelling from Tiberias to Betar saw a young woman who fell in love with him and married him. After a year she asked him to return home on a visit. On the way they were met by a robber and she fell in love with him. He tied the husband to a tree and they enjoyed themselves together. When the robber had fallen asleep a snake drank from his jug of wine and poisoned it. The robber when he woke drank of it and died. On his promising not to kill her, the woman loosened her husband's bonds and they arrived at her parents' house. The man then told what had happened and the father killed the daughter. Therefore Solomon said, “Among a thousand women I have not found a faithful one.'' (Eccles. VII. 28.)

III. Story of the man who refused to kill his wife, and of the woman's being willing to kill her husband when asked by King Solomon. See No. 328.

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