“Isaac then brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he took Rebekah as his wife. Isaac loved her, and thus found comfort after his mother’s death.” Chayei Sarah. Gen: 23:67
  “Isaac dug anew the wells which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham…” Toldot, Gen: 26:19
It was her gift of water, not just for the man
drinking from the jug balanced on her hand,
but for all the impossible camels
of the Fathers’ imaginations, plus

the equally impossible math of generations
of Torah masters who calculated
the water carrier was but three years old
though nubile, quick-witted and ready

to go forth to the aggrieved son,
still mourning his own almost death
at the hands of his father,
and the life of Sarah his mother, great shofar

howl of loss as she left this world
to teach the One:  There are limits to suffering!
And the son?  He loved her—Rivka,
the water carrier.  And once he healed

through loving her he took up his task
and blessed his father by finding
his wellsprings, filled with sludge. 
The son dug them out so water might flow. 

If all you can do because there are limits
to suffering is re-dig your ancestors’ wells,
that is enough.  This is an eternal
lesson in the Handbook of Suffering.
                                                11/23/2019