Episode 13: The Rules From Shana Rishona We May Have Forgotten
The Chazon Ish wrote a famous letter to a young avreich in his first year of marriage. Are you sure you're not skipping the rules in it?
Rav Chaim Friedlander now brings the Chazon Ish's letter, and Rabbi Klapper shows why it applies to every couple, not only those in shana rishona. Her deepest enjoyment is knowing she finds favor in her husband's eyes, so he must work to show her love and closeness by talking with her and spending time with her. (Al tarbeh sicha im ha'isha is about talk that isn't needed.) Formality breeds fear and distance; speak to her the way a right hand relates to the…
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