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Chayei Sarah
By the Numbers
13 Sarah Facts You Should Know
Sarah was the first of seven prophetesses and the mother of the Jewish nation.
Sarah was the first of seven prophetesses and the mother of the Jewish nation.
Parshah
Be the Best You
From Eliezer we learn to find joy in satisfaction within the circumstances G-d gives us.
From Eliezer we learn to find joy in satisfaction within the circumstances G-d gives us.
“Eternal Life”
Our lives are measured not only by what we do as individuals, but by what we do for our family and for posterity.
Our lives are measured not only by what we do as individuals, but by what we do for our family and for posterity.
For Your Chayei Sarah Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
Your Questions
Does Inflation Affect How Maaser Is Calculated?
Here is what you need to know about how the cost of living can be calculated against certain gains, lowering your rate of maaser.
Here is what you need to know about how the cost of living can be calculated against certain gains, lowering your rate of maaser.
Story
The Weasel and the Well: A Story of Loyalty and Love
“If I save you from the well, will you marry me?” asked the man, who was excited by her rich and illustrious family.
“If I save you from the well, will you marry me?” asked the man, who was excited by her rich and illustrious family.
Essays
Discovering the Sanhedrin’s Last Hidden Meeting Place
Did the Sanhedrin ever imagine that centuries later there would be observant Jews standing here in the same spot, continuing to live by their calendar? Did they realize that the rulings that they last issued would ensure the continuity of Judaism?
Did the Sanhedrin ever imagine that centuries later there would be observant Jews standing here in the same spot, continuing to live by their calendar? Did they realize that the rulings that they last issued would ensure the continuity of Judaism?
Video
A Year of Gathering
Today – as in Temple times – men, women, and children unite together at the same place, the same time, and with the same purpose of strengthening our commitment to Torah.
Today – as in Temple times – men, women, and children unite together at the same place, the same time, and with the same purpose of strengthening our commitment to Torah.
Lifestyle
Challah Napkin Rings for Parshat Chayei Sarah
Create edible napkin rings that are as elegant as they are tasty!
Create edible napkin rings that are as elegant as they are tasty!
"And the Breastplate shall not budge from the Apron" (Exodus 28:28) -- a person's most sublime spiritual feelings (symbolized by the High Priest's Breastplate, worn over the heart) must form an inseparable continuum with his or her most ordinary actions (represented by the Apron, worn in back, over the lower part of the body.)
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Print Magazine
Look deeply and you will see that the Torah does not know of man and woman as separate beings.
Each act is performed once through a single body—a body that in our world may appear as two, but which the Torah sees as one.
On the contrary, for both to be assigned the same mitzvah would be redundant, for why should one hal...
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