אות - רסד

He warned to honor and cherish one's wife. For he said: Do not the women suffer very great pain and suffering from their children — the pain of pregnancy and birth and raising children — as is known to all, the great extent of their pain, suffering, and anguish in many difficult and heavy ways? Therefore one must have compassion for them, cherish them, and honor them very greatly. And so our Sages o.b.m. said (Bava Metzia 59a): 'Honor your wives so that you may become wealthy.' And so they also said (Yevamos 63a): 'It is sufficient for us that they raise our children,' etc.