BOI B'SHALOM
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Abraham Weighs Silver
(illustration from the 1728Figures de la Bible)
Eliezer and Rebekah
(engraving by Gustave Doré from
the 1865 La Sainte Bible)
Isaac and Rebekah serve as a paradigm for
Jewish marriage, and yet, their relationship
is more complex than it may appear. MORE>
* TORAH * FOR CHILDREN
Following the death of Sarah,
Abraham purchases a burial plot
and sends his servant to find a
wife for Isaac.
Sarah dies at 127 years of age in
Hebron in the land of Canaan
Abraham mourns her, then
asks property owners there to
grant him burial space so that
he may bury his dead out of
his sight.
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Abraham bought a piece of land with a cave on it.
(1984 illustration by Jim Padgett, courtesy of
Sweet Publishing)
Knowing that Abraham is ennobled
by God, they are willing to give
Abraham the choicest land, but
Abraham insists on paying for it.
Only then does Abraham bury his
wife in the cave of Machpelah
in the land of Canaan.
Kings I 1:1-31
Abishag at the bed of David, with
Bathsheba, Solomon, and Nathan
(from a Dutch Bible circa 1435)
In David's weakest moment,
his throne becomes vulnerable.
Abraham's hope for the future was embodied
in his son Isaac, but in this week's parashah,
Haye Sarah, as the patriarch nears death,
the prospects for a dynastic family seem dim.
Isaac and his wife Rebecca have yet to
even conceive a child.
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* HARAV KOOK *
* TORAH * INSTITUTE
PARASHAT
* CHAYE SARAH *
"I am an immigrant and an inhabitant with you
. Give me burial property with you, so that
I may bury my dead before me.
-- Breshis 23:4
Classic Questions
Why did Avraham describe himself
as an "immigrant and an inhabitant
with you"? (v. 4)
Have a wonderful week
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