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Shabbos: Taam HaChaim Chaye Sara 5770

שבת טעם החיים חיי שרה תש"ע

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Chaye Sara 5770

Everything can be perceived as good

Introduction

Sarah’s lifetime was one hundred twenty years, and seven years; the years of Sarah’s life. (Bereishis 23:1)

Rashi writes that the words the years of Sarah’s life teach us that all of Sarah’s years were deemed to be good. The Medrash cites the verse that states (Tehillim 37:18) yodeia HaShem yimei temimim vinachalasam liolam tihiyeh, HaShem knows the… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on November 12, 2009 at 8:29am — No Comments

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Lech Lecho 5770

שבת טעם החיים לך לך תש"ע

Shabbos: Ta’am HaChaim Lech Lecho 5770

Fleeing Evil

Introduction

In this week’s parasha, we find an interesting pattern. The parsha commences with HaShem instructing Avraham to leave his homeland and travel to the Land of Canaan. Avraham was then forced to leave the Land because of a hunger and he descended to Egypt. Pharaoh took Sara and was then struck by a plague. Sensing that Avraham’s presence was detrimental to the Egyptian welfare,… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on October 29, 2009 at 4:26am — No Comments

Hebron

Hebron

By Rabbi Yaacov Haber

Prince Rudolph, son and heir to the Austrian monarch Franz Josef, visited Palestine at the turn of the century and recounted his trip to Chevron in his memoirs:

Upon reaching Hebron I immediately went to the cave of Machpela. There I was overwhelmed at the realization that my feet stood at the sepulcher of the saintly Hebrew Patriarchs. Involuntarily, I knelt down, lifted my hands toward heaven, and with tears streaming from my eyes,… Continue

Added by Yaacov Haber on November 21, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

HEVRON A PLACE TO INSPIRE and ASPIRE

The Sidra opens on Avraham Avinu A’H coming to bury Sara. Ever since the city of Hevron has occupied an important place in the Jewish consciousness throughout time.

Aside from being the burial place of Adam & Chava, Avraham & Sara, their son Yitzchak & Rivka and their child Ya’akov & Leah. Hevron was the first seat of the Davidic dynasty (II Shmuel 2:2). Throughout the exile till the 20th Century Hevron stood alongside Jerusalem, Teveria and Zafat as centers of Jewish life… Continue

Added by Bernard S. Antin on November 20, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

Doreish Tov on Medrash Rabbah Parashas Chaye Sara 5769 (1)

Doreish Tov on Medrash Rabbah

Parashas Chaye Sara 5769

58:1

The Medrash

The Medrash states that it is said (Bereishis 23:1) vayihyu chaye Sara meah shanah, Sara’s lifetime was one hundred years... this is what is said (Tehillim 37:18) yodeia Hashem yimei temimim vinachalasam liolam tihyeh, HaShem knows the days of the perfect, their inheritance will be forever. Just like the righteous are perfect, so too their years are perfect. Sara at twenty years old was… Continue

Added by Rabbi Binyomin Adler on November 16, 2008 at 8:07am — No Comments