Lessons on Chayei Sara

The Ever-Flowing Spring of Kindness of the Patriarch Abraham
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Zt"l | 26 Cheshvan 5784

WHAT IS ISRAEL WORTH?
Avraham has now finished his “10 Tests.” After the traumas of being thrown into a fiery furnace, leaving his family & his homeland, fighting a war to free his nephew, circumcising himself (at age 99!), & almost sacrificing his beloved Yitzchak at the Akeida, Avraham certainly deserves a well-earned rest.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Cheshvan 24 5784
CHAYEI SARAH
In truth, our mother Sarah, like many other mothers past and present in Jewish life, has not quite received her due. Rashi, quoting Midrash in describing Sarah’s life, states that all the years of Sarah’s life were “for good.” He must mean “for good” in a spiritual and holy sense, for in her physical worldly life there was little good that she experienced.
Rabbi Berel Wein | Cheshvan 21 5784

Abraham: A Life of Faith
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Ceshvan 26 5784
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
