In the days of Elijah the prophet, when a famine came upon Israel, Elijah had to depend on the hospitality of a poor widow, whose meager supply of flour and oil were miraculously sustained during the famine.
कर्त्या पुरूषाच्या मृत्यूमुळे त्याची बायको विधवा होऊ शकते, त्याची मुले अनाथ होऊ शकतात.