This week’s story is a story about Rabbi Akiva and his wife Rachel. When Rachel met Rabbi Akiva, then a shepherd in her father’s employ, he was illiterate. But she saw wisdom in him and agreed to marry him if he would go to learn Torah…which of course first meant learning to read. The long story short – he became a great sage and his teachings are still taught and studied today. But this story, based on Midrash HaGadol, takes place earlier in the story.
This story can be found in the book No Greater Treasure: Stories of Extraordinary Women Drawn from the Talmud and Midrash.
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