Eishes chayil — what it means

'Woman of valor' — a praise-poem for a wife. Weaponized, it becomes a yardstick used to demand endless domestic labor and silent endurance ('a real eishes chayil wouldn't complain').

What it looks like

"An eishes chayil keeps the home calm no matter what" — praise used as a leash.

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