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Learning from our forefathers

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life)  Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 This portion called Chayei Sarah means Sarah lived yet it begins her burial.  It was never our custom to celebrate birthdays but to remember the day of the death of our loved ones, representing for us a new birth.  Sarah was 127 when she died in Kiriath Arba (Hebron).  It is believed that when she heard that Abraham took her only son Yitzhak to be sacrificed, she had a heart attack and died.  It is also believed that she and Abraham were separated since he was living in Beersheva when he came to mourn for her.  It is important for us to remember that our forefathers were humans with faults and problems like our own.  Our sages tend to glorify them, turning them into superheroes, however if we take Torah at its [...]

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Mission Possible – Sidra Chayei Sara

Mission Possible - Sidra Chayei Sara

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life)  Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Among the many events which take place in this week’s portion is that Abraham asks his servant to get a wife for Isaac from among his kin. The Torah says: “and I will make you swear b ...

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Death of the Righteous

Death of the Righteous

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life)  Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Cave of Machpelah is a curious place only found in the text of Torah and Tanach in the book of Bereshit. Why?  It is here because we needed insight into the death of the righteous.  Avr ...

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Parasha Overview: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Parasha Overview: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 Chayei Sarah, Chaye Sarah, or Hayye Sarah (חַיֵּי שָׂרָה — Hebrew for “life of Sarah,” the first words in the parshah) is the ...

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Parental Guidance

Parental Guidance

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sara (The life of Sarah)  Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-1:31 5 Now Adonijah son of Haggith went about boasting, "I will be king!" He provided himself with chariots and horses, and an escort of fifty out runners. 6 His father had never scolded him ...

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Something for Nothing: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Something for Nothing: Chaye Sarah (Videos)

Weekly Sidra: Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s life) Torah Portion: Bereshit / Genesis 23:1-25:18 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 1:1-31 14 And Ephron replied to Abraham, saying to him, 15 "My lord, do hear me! A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver-what is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead." 16 Abraham accepted Ep ...

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