The Worst Gehenim
The Way of Emunah | January 11, 2026
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The Worst Gehenim

The Way of Emunah | January 20, 2026

Rav Zushes wife was a very difficult person with a bad temper. Rav Zushe would say, “Chazal say (Eruvin 41B) that one who has a bad wife will never see Gehenim. But who says that Gehenim is worse than this? One time, I was shown a vision of Gehenim and, from then on, I say to her, ‘Keep yelling at me’.”

Rav Zushes wife was a very difficult person with a bad temper. Rav Zushe would say, “Chazal say (Eruvin 41B) that one who has a bad wife will never see Gehenim. But who says that Gehenim is worse than this? One time, I was shown a vision of Gehenim and, from then on, I say to her, ‘Keep yelling at me’.”

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