The story is told that a Roman matron once asked Rabbi Yosi: "How has your God been occupying his time after the creation of the world?"
"God has been busy pairing couples," answered the Rabbi.
She was astonished. "Is that God's trade? Even I can do that job. As many man-servants and maid-servants as I have, I can pair."
"Perhaps it is a simple matter in your eyes," replied the Rabbi. "For God, it is as intricate as the Splitting of the Sea."
She promptly placed one thousand man-servants opposite one thousand maidservants and declared, "He will marry her, she will marry him," and so on.
The next morning, two thousand servants came to her door, beaten and bruised, complaining, "I do not want her, I do not want him!"
She sent for Rabbi Yosi, and conceded: "Rabbi, your Torah is true."
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