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Sefer Chasidim Siman 385

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מעשה בבתולה אחת שלא היתה מתקשטת אמרו לה מי שרואה אותך שאינך מתקשטת אין תובעין אותך אמרה כיון שהקב"ה ממציא זווגים איני דואגת ונתגלגל הדבר שלקחה תלמיד חכם וצדיק:

Medieval Jewish mysticism, translated by Sholom Alchanan Singer. Northbrook, Ill. Whitehall Co., 1971

There was an incident with a young woman who would not adorn herself. They said to her: "Whoever will see you will not take you for a wife because you do not adorn yourself" She replied: "Just because the Holy one Blessed be He is engaged in matchmaking - I do not worry about it." And it came to pass that she was taken for a wife by a Torah scholar who was a tsadik.

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