Regarding the story about Rav Rachumi’s wife
There is a gemara in the Ketubot about a compassionate Rav who did not return once on Yom Kippur and his wife cried and he fell and died – and this gemara has an explanation by Rav Chaim Shmuelevich – but still after all the explanations I do not understand, because his wife is certainly much more sorry and difficult for her that her husband died, so why was she “punished” also for the fact that he was not well – and he was taken from her?
Rabbi Shmuelevich’s explanation has always been extremely problematic in my opinion. In my opinion, this story is also a legend and its role is to teach us that it is important to consider a woman even in small things. This is not necessarily a description of events that really happened, and therefore it is not worth going too deep into the details of the story and their justification.
Very interesting,
The questioner needs to understand that the couple are one. What hurts her hurts him. She cried (and did not pray that he would die), and heaven punished him, and because they are one - she also suffered from his absence - after all, one should take care of the other and the wife should be a helper to her husband, so tell him not to stay in the synagogue/midrash without preparing her in advance. Because a righteous man knows that his soul has died, then he will marry his wife, and it is forbidden to grieve his wife at all. And they were one flesh. He and she - they deserved the Divine Presence between them – they did not deserve a consuming fire.
B. The story could be true and by chance Murphy's Law happened and her husband died close to the incident of the behion.
What is most interesting about this story is that the Gemara recorded and was precise in the names (multi-disciplinary). This indicates the truth of the story.
C. It is possible that his death coincided with Yom Kippur, and he delayed coming because he passed away and she didn't know but cried, and then they thought that he intentionally caused his death.
In my opinion, you shouldn't "dwell" on small things for too long, it's unnecessary, but a little time and thought helps a lot! And doesn't hurt. And there is a reward too.
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