Because Christ’s earthly father Joseph (not his biological father who was God) had passed away, Jesus as the oldest son became his mother’s male head. Therefore, just as Mary’s father, or her husband Joseph could address her as “woman”, so too Jesus could address her as woman. Th...
When the boy’s mother saw what had happened, she ascended to the roof and fell down to the ground and died. When the father saw that both his son and his wife were dead he also ascended to the roof and jumped to his death (Hullin 94a). Another passage relates the suicide of ...