HE WHO FINDS A WIFE

HE WHO FINDS A WIFE

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of YAH.” — Proverbs 18:22

What does it truly mean for a man to find a wife—and how does he recognize the difference between simply finding a woman and recognizing a woman with whom he can build a righteous covenant household?

In HE WHO FINDS A WIFE: Recognizing the Good YAH Brings Into a Man’s Life, Toviyahu The Torah Apologist takes readers back to the Torah foundation of marriage in Genesis 2, where YAH declared that it was not good for the man to be alone, fashioned the woman as ezer kenegdo, and brought her unto the man. The teaching connects that foundational moment with the declaration of Proverbs 18:22 that the man who finds a wife “findeth a good thing.”

Drawing from Scripture and personal experience—including Toviyahu’s unforgettable encounter while traveling home from work as a telephone technician on Brooklyn’s B35 Church Avenue bus, when a woman stepped aboard whom he immediately recognized as someone who would become his wife—this teaching explores the biblical principle of recognition while emphasizing that character, wisdom, covenant readiness, and time must confirm what attraction initially sees.

This is more than a teaching about finding a woman. It challenges men to become husbands capable of recognizing, receiving, protecting, and honoring the good they have found, and it teaches women about the wisdom, strength, faithfulness, responsibility, and household-building qualities Scripture associates with wifehood.

Readers will explore ezer kenegdo, covenant, cleaving and one flesh, husbandly responsibility, the wife who builds her house, divine household order, marriage readiness, red flags that should never be spiritualized, and the practical preparation necessary to establish a righteous household.

Marriage is more than attraction. Covenant is more than a ceremony. A righteous household must be built.

By Toviyahu The Torah Apologist

TORAH • ORDER • TRUTH • COVENANT • HOUSEHOLD