The joy of marriage: 'May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.' 'Your fountain be blessed' (yehu mequrecha) and 'rejoice in the wife of your youth' (v'simach im'shet ne'urechah) position marriage and sexuality as sources of joy and blessing. The young man is not called to grim asceticism but to the deep joy of faithful marriage. 'The wife of your youth' recalls the covenant commitment made early, suggesting that the wife who walked with the young man through his formative years deserves his continued devotion and joy.

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