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Video Study for Parsha Chayei Sarah
muman613:
Shalom JTF readers,
I am going to start this weeks Torah study for the weekly parsha early this week. I usually wait till Wednesday evening to start posting, but I just noticed that the great Rabbi Richman has already posted his new video for the portion.
What is interesting about this portion is the fact that it is called 'The Life of Sarah' and yet the very first sentence describes how she dies. The life of Sarah was 100 years, and 20 years, and 7 years (127) and the sages of Israel have expounded on the reason her life span was described by 100s, 10s, and 1s... The story of Abraham purchasing the Cave of Machpelah where our patriarchs and matriarchs are interred.
This portion also contains the intriguing (and the longest narrative) description of the mission of Abraham our fathers faithful servant Eliezer. He was sent to find Yitzak a wife, which he succeeds in doing.
Here is the Chabad portion in a nutshell:
--- Quote ---http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/3174/jewish/Chayei-Sarah-in-a-Nutshell.htm
Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver.
Abraham’s servant Eliezer is sent, laden with gifts, to Charan, to find a wife for Isaac. At the village well, Eliezer asks G‑d for a sign: when the maidens come to the well, he will ask for some water to drink; the woman who will offer to give his camels to drink as well shall be the one destined for his master’s son.
Rebecca, the daughter of Abraham’s nephew Bethuel, appears at the well and passes the “test.” Eliezer is invited to their home, where he repeats the story of the day’s events. Rebecca returns with Eliezer to the land of Canaan, where they encounter Isaac praying in the field. Isaac marries Rebecca, loves her, and is comforted over the loss of his mother.
Abraham takes a new wife, Keturah (Hagar), and fathers six additional sons, but Isaac is designated as his only heir. Abraham dies at age 175 and is buried beside Sarah by his two eldest sons, Isaac and Ishmael.
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Here is Rabbi Richmans latest dvar Torah:
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Rabbi Chaim Shwab of TorahAnyTime.com...
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Rabbi BenZion Shafier gives a short Shmuz on the parsha...
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Rabbi Finkelstein on the portion...
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Rabbi Richmans video from last year..
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