Serieses in on Chayei Sara
Lessons on Chayei Sara
Sarah Lives On
This week’s parsha records for us the passing of our father and mother, of Avraham and Sarah. The Torah notes these sad events without any undue display of emotion or even of great sadness. The Torah’s view of life is that death is inevitable and that death does not end the influence of life – in fact, it does not end life itself.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Heshvan 24 5783
Was Rivka Really 3 Years Old When She Married Yitzchak?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Cheshvan 27 5782
The Kindness of Strangers
The doing of acts of kindness – which is in turn derived from the understanding that human beings are made in the image of God. Civility itself may be seen as part of Chessed.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Cheshvan 19 5782
Sarah's Life
One could hardly conclude that she had a so-called good life.Yet, we find this to be the pattern in the experiences of all our forefathers and mothers.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Cheshvan 22 5782
Land of Israel: G-d-Given Right or Legal Right?
Translated by Hillel Fendel
The Land of Israel belongs to the People of Israel by virtue of the Divine promise – but it is incumbent upon us, the People of Israel, to walk in the path of our Patriarch Abraham and actualize this right and ownership.
Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | Cheshvan 22 5782
The Israeli Conquest of Hevron and the Machpelah Cave, 1967
In honor of Parashat Chaye Sarah, which recounts the story of the Patriarch Abraham's purchase of the Machpelah Cave in Hebron
Oded Mizrachi | Cheshvan 22 5782
Never Give Up, Never Give In
I suggest that these 3 words – “sh'nay chaye Sara” - can have another meaning. They can be translated as "the two lives of Sara!"
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Cheshvan 21 5782
