Mga Sanggunian sa Talmud para sa Mga Awit 68:7: Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot, Jerusalem Talmud Beitzah, Sotah & Jerusalem Talmud Taanit

³⁴The parallels are in Beṣah 5:2 (63, 1. 64) and Ta‘aniot 4:9 (69b, 1. 50). Rebbi Abba bar Cohen said before Rebbi Yose: Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Jacob bar Idi: A man may not [preliminarily] marry on a Friday. That means, to make an engagement feast³⁵Since this would impinge on the Sabbath meal. It is in order to make the preliminary marriage on Friday and arrange the engagement feast as the Sabbath meal.. This implies that the preliminary marriage itself is permitted. Samuel says, even on the Ninth of Ab³⁶The anniversary of both destructions of the Temple, the most severe day of mourning in the Jewish calendar, where any exhibition of joy is frowned upon. a preliminary marriage is permitted, lest another forestall him. The argument of Samuel seems inverted. There³⁷A similar argument in the Babli, Mo‘ed Qaṭan 18b., he says, “God puts singles in a house, etc.³⁸Ps. 68:7. The verse means that marriages are pre-ordained in Heaven. The verse is quoted in the name of R. Joḥanan in the Babli, Soṭa 2a and Sanhedrin 22a, to show that selecting the right mate is as difficult as the liberation of Israel from Egypt, the topic of the second half of the verse.,” “To rise on scales; they all are of vapor!³⁹Ps. 62:1. In Lev.rabba 29(5), this verse is the topic of a sermon of R. Ḥiyya bar Abba in the name of R. Levi, that when the fetuses still are like vapor in their mothers’ wombs, they already are joined together on Heaven’s scales.” And there, he says so⁴⁰If marriages are pre-ordained, why should anybody be afraid that another man could snatch the bride preselected for him?? That means, that he should not forestall him in prayer⁴¹Another man may by his prayer cause the Heavenly decree to be changed.. Even so, it would not be permanent⁴²In the Babli, Samuel tells a man that praying to change Heaven's decree leads to an early death of either groom or bride..

⁶⁵The parallels are in Ketubot1:1 (Notes 34–42,כ), Ta`aniot4:9 (69b l. 40,ת). Rebbi Abba bar Cohen said before Rebbi Yose: Rebbi Aḥa in the name of Rebbi Jacob bar Idi: A man may not preliminarily marry on a Friday. That means, to make an engagement feast<sup>66</sup>Since this would impinge on the Sabbath meal. It is in order to make the preliminary marriage on Friday and arrange the festive meal as Sabbath meal.. This implies that the preliminary marriage itself is permitted. Samuel says, even on the Ninth of Ab<sup>67</sup>The anniversary of the destruction of both Temples. a preliminary marriage is permitted, lest another forestall him. The argument of Samuel seems inverted. There<sup>68</sup>A similar argument is in the Babli, Mo`ed qaṭan18b., he says, God puts singles in a house; To rise on scales; they all are of vapor!⁶⁹Ps. 68:6, 62:10. This means that marriages are pre-ordained in Heaven. (Lev. rabba29(5).) And here, he says so⁷⁰If marriages are pre-ordained, why should anybody be afraid that another man could snatch the bride preselected for him? Another man might by his prayer cause the Heavenly decree to be changed, but this would lead to the early death of one of the partners of the marriage. Babli Soṭa2a, Sanhedrin22a.? That means, that he should not forestall him in prayer. Even so, it would not be permanent.

Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak says: When Reish Lakish would begin teaching the topic of the Sotah, he would say as follows: A man's wife is not matched to him [based on any factor] except in accordance with [the merit of] his deeds, as it says (Psalms 125:3) "For the rod of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous." Rabbah bar Bar Chanah says: Rabbi Yochanan said, And the difficulty of matching couples is as [that of] the splitting of the Sea of Reeds, as it says (Psalms 68:7) "God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity."