The name of fifth section of the Book of Genesis is taken from its first words, “The Life of Sarah” (Chayei Sarah in Hebrew), and begins with Sarah’s death and burial. We then follow Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, as he betroths Abraham’s grandniece Rebecca to Abraham’s son Isaac. This account is followed by that of Isaac and Rebecca’s marriage and the closing phases of Abraham’s life: his remarriage to Hagar, his death, and his son Ishmael’s departure from his family and its Divine mission.
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Chayei Sara: The Burial of Sarah and the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca
Genesis 23:1–25:18
First Reading: Genesis 23:1–16
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Daily Quote
And G‑d said to Abram . . . “Raise your eyes and see, from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward. For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your seed, to eternity . . . Rise, walk in the land, to its length and to its breadth, for I will give it to you.”
–Genesis 13:14–17
The Parshah
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