Aava

This is a sterile woman from Ptolemais about to be repudiated by her husband.

Jesus reconciles this couple on the verge of breaking up due to sterility. He tells them:

"The Law says: 'Do not commit adultery' and you are about to commit it. That is the original commandment and nothing else. And if on account of the hardness of your hearts Moses granted divorce, it was to prevent intrigues and concubinages hateful to God. Then your vice expanded more and more Moses’ clause, creating the wicked chains and murderous stones which are the present lot of woman, always victims of your arrogance, of your whims, of your deafness and your blindness to affections. I tell you: it is not legal to do what you want to do."

He promises them a son "for the praise feast for the fruitful crops next year".

On this occasion, he utters an invocation for the gift of fertility.

Her name

This name refers to Ahava or Ahawa, a place north of Babylon where Ezra gathered the exiled Jews for the great return to Jerusalem.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

GRM 104