After enduring the nisayon of the Akeida and the death of his wife, Avraham Avinu is forced to enter into lengthy negotiations with the wily Efron in order to acquire a burial plot for Sarah Imainu. Finally, he buys it for the extortionate sum of 400 silver pieces. The
Read more →Avraham Avinu sends his faithful eved, Eliezer to find a suitable wife for his righteous son, Yitzchak Avinu. When Eliezer arrives at his destination he prays to Hashem to send him a sign to enable him to determine who should be Yitzchak’s wife He asks; “Let it be that the maiden to
Read more →“Sarah died in Kiryat Arba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and bewail her.” (Genesis 23:2) Rabbi Yitzhak Karo in his work, Toldos Yitzhak, explains that the account of Sarah’s death is placed between Rivka’s birth and Yitzhak’s marriage
Read more →Sara dies. She was 127 years old. Notice how the Torah says she died, it says Sarah’s lifetime was.. A righteous person lives and brings life.In 23:2 it says that Avraham eulogized and cried over her. Notice in the Hebrew it has a small kaf. The sages say
Read more →We Don’t Live With Simanim One of the major yesodos that Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt”l derived from our parsha was learned from the story of Eliezer davening at the well to find a wife for Yitzchak. Seemingly, Eliezer made a sign with Kavayachol that the girl who
Read more →Topics covered in this class: The name as the theme of the Sedra. “The rising and the setting of the sun”. Yitzchok marries Rivka. The tests of Yitzchak and Rivka. The rising well water. The name as the theme of the Sedra. Questions: a. Why is the
Read more →23:1 To explain the doubling of the language in the verse, Rav K. brings from Rashi on the next verse that the Satan brought news of the Akeida to Sarah and her soul left her. He explains that Sarah was to die at the age of 127, that this was her alotted time of life, but the only
Read more →In this week’s parsha there are three main sections: Avraham purchasing a burial plot for Sara in Hevron from Ephron the Hittite. Avraham sent his servant Eliezer to find a wife for Yitzchak. Avraham married Keturah and had children. Read Ch. 24:10-27 Did Eliezer pray for a
Read more →Based on Rav Noah Weinberg “All you need is love…” Turn on the radio and you will hear the word “love” mentioned hundreds of times. It is describes as the key to everlasting happiness, the emotion or “feeling” that brings man to woman; woman to man. Such
Read more →Goal: Illustrate the evil of a hedonist view of life and contrast it with the Jewish view of life. Secondary goal: Illustrate the role psychology has played in legitimizing evil. Teacher’s note: You’re goring some sacred cows here. Go carefully. Ask your class to read Genesis 25,19 —
Read more →Choosing A Wife for Yitzchak How important is it to choose carefully who you marry? What should one look for in a marriage partner? In relating to G-d, can one depend on miracles? How important is choosing carefully?Avraham sends his most trusted servant, with all his money, and makes him swear
Read more →Sarah Imeinu A great prophetess, Sarah was the first Matriarch of the Jewish People. She left her birthplace in Mesopotamia with her husband Abraham and traveled to Israel[i]. Due to her startling beauty, she was taken hostage on two occasions. In both instances, miraculous events led to her
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