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"Wake up!" he corn- "In all my days:' he answered, mands."And go to sleep!" Moe may have a point. This week's "I was never very particular about what went on in the house." He Torah reading teaches us that the never got angry — especially at secret to a long life is going to sleep. home. But before folding up your news- Possibly his blessings paper to take a nap, here's were the reward for keep- an explanation. ing the peace. But perhaps In the story of the cre- we can also suggest a ation of the first couple, medical explanation. the man, Adam, barely By staying calm and has time to yawn before avoiding needless aggra- God makes him fall into a vation, Rav Adda bar "deep sleep." It is the first Ahava maintained peace- recorded case of anesthe- of-mind and a steady siology. blood pressure. It is also the first Rabbi Boruch A newlywed once com- recorded case of surgery, Cohen plained to his rabbi that because the first husband Special to the his wife never had their and wife were originally Jewish News home ready for Shabbat. one body, requiring an What should he do? operation to divide them "Grab a broom:' said the rabbi. into two. Genesis 2:21 describes the Another story: A classroom post-op: God "closed the flesh in its teacher holds up a white plate with a place." But according to the simple mean- black smudge and asks the students what they see. ing of the story, Adam was not put "Some schmootz." under because of the pain. Rather, "A blotch." he was put to sleep so that he would "A black mark." not see his wife's somewhat surgical Finally, the teacher asks, "Doesn't and bloody beginnings. anybody see a plate?" He was put to sleep so that he Remember, a lack of "sleep" would cherish her as a romantic can make anyone cranky. So shlof ideal, so that, as the great Biblical commentator Rashi puts it, his wife a aazunt. would never "become contemptible Rabbi Boruch Cohen is the spiritual leader to him." of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Chai Center. He was put to sleep, in short, so that he would never see fault in his spouse. And this is something we can emulate. "A person at home" say our sages, "should act as if asleep." Here are examples of how it works: Conversations Don't pay such close attention How does it feel when we are to minor mistakes. Don't criticize. criticized? Is that a feeling that Don't quarrel over little things. we want to inflict on others? Don't lose your cool (nor squawk, When change is required, what to paraphrase Maimonides, like a are constructive alternatives to chicken). criticism, negativity, and anger? As anyone who's heard a bickering Imagine if you never became couple know, this kind of behavior angry again – is there honestly is plainly embarrassing. any downside? It's unhealthy, too. Rav Adda bar Ahava was one of the spiritual