Aug 18, 2026 · 42 min · 9 segments
Maybe she’s not your competition. Maybe she’s your teacher. Rachelli Fried, featuring Nechama Norman, explores how Eishes Chayil can help us stop comparing ourselves to — and start learning from…
Nechama NormanGuestRachelli FriedHost"Rabos banos asu chayil, ve'at alis al kulana." Many girls or women have done chayil, whatever that is, we'll define it, but you have risen among all of them.
Okay, so this is really interesting to me because, well firstly, for those who did not hear last episode, we were saying that the last four pesukim, Kof, Reish, Shin, Sof, are all kind of discussing and mentioning the praise for the Aishes Chayil.
Like after her long, hard work that she toiled and all the pesukim just defining what she does and who she is, the last four pesukim are coming to praise her.
So we discussed Kof and now we're at Reish, and this pasuk also is coming to, to praise her.
So we see that here too, that, that she's being praised, and I honestly have a lot of questions, but one thing is clear, that this pasuk is praise.
So, you know, we'll delve deeper into that, but we definitely see that theme of praise.
So that being said, we're seeing that the translation is that many have become a chayil, but you have risen over all the others.
Okay, so that's face value what this pasuk is saying, is that you're better, [laughs] is that you're better than everyone.
How is that pasuk saying that? That to me is like, was so strange or really caught my eye.
It seems like it's saying, right, like many women have done chayil, were an Aishes Chayil let's say.
But let's say it's saying many women have been an Aishes Chayil, but you have risen among everyone.
And this pasuk is seemingly saying like, everybody else [laughs] did chayil, but you were really the best.
"Rabos banos asu chayil, ve'at alis al kulana." Many girls or women have done chayil, whatever that is, we'll define it, but you have risen among all of them.
Okay, so this is really interesting to me because, well firstly, for those who did not hear last episode, we were saying that the last four pesukim, Kof, Reish, Shin, Sof, are all kind of discussing and mentioning the praise for the Aishes Chayil.
Like after her long, hard work that she toiled and all the pesukim just defining what she does and who she is, the last four pesukim are coming to praise her.
So we discussed Kof and now we're at Reish, and this pasuk also is coming to, to praise her.
So we see that here too, that, that she's being praised, and I honestly have a lot of questions, but one thing is clear, that this pasuk is praise.
So, you know, we'll delve deeper into that, but we definitely see that theme of praise.
So that being said, we're seeing that the translation is that many have become a chayil, but you have risen over all the others.
Okay, so that's face value what this pasuk is saying, is that you're better, [laughs] is that you're better than everyone.
How is that pasuk saying that? That to me is like, was so strange or really caught my eye.
It seems like it's saying, right, like many women have done chayil, were an Aishes Chayil let's say.
But let's say it's saying many women have been an Aishes Chayil, but you have risen among everyone.
And this pasuk is seemingly saying like, everybody else [laughs] did chayil, but you were really the best.
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