- Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein
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- Duration: 36 min
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<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For Rabbi Eisenstein Shlita!!</span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Great talk!</span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Originally, </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Mrs</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. was an </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">abbreviation</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> for mistress, the female counterpart of master. ... A governess in charge of children was a mistress, as was a woman head of a household. The </span><strong style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">abbreviated</strong><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> form was used most frequently as a title for a married woman.</span></p>