R. Eleazer's wife: The one who gave up healing her husband’s wounds
R.Eleazer was plagued with doubts that in his anger he had condemned a man to die. His doubts manifested in his body, covering him with bleeding sores that his wife would tend to. When she realised his physical suffering was self-inflicted, she left him.
He couldn't accept the uncertainty and wanted a definitive sign if he was wrong or right. Despite various proofs that used his physical body to a grotesque degree, he was not satisfied. Eventually his wife had enough and walked out. She was not interested the black and white, right or wrong. She just wanted him to live.
(Bava Metziah 84b)
He couldn't accept the uncertainty and wanted a definitive sign if he was wrong or right. Despite various proofs that used his physical body to a grotesque degree, he was not satisfied. Eventually his wife had enough and walked out. She was not interested the black and white, right or wrong. She just wanted him to live.
(Bava Metziah 84b)
