Chumash Classes: Parsha Chayei-Sarah

In-Depth Study of the Weekly Torah Portion

By Marty Goodman

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Parsha Chayei-Sarah, Part 1

Sarah's Burial

Ch. 23, verses 1-7: Introduction, Sara dies in Hebron and Avraham begins the funeral arrangements to bury her.

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Parsha Chayei-Sarah, Part 2

Finding a Wife for Yitzchak (1)

Chp. 23, verse 8 – Ch. 24, verse 3: Avraham purchases the Cave of the Machpelah and buries Sarah. Avraham gives Eliezar his servant the mission of finding a wife for Yitzhok.

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Parsha Chayei-Sarah, Part 3

Finding a Wife for Yitzchak (2)

Ch. 24, verses 4 - 21: Eliezer the servant of Avraham sets out on his mission to find a wife for Yitzhok. He stops at a well and prays to Hashem to show him the girl who would be chosen to be Yitzhok's wife. He proposes certain test to prove she would be the one. Rivkah appears immediately and begins to fulfill all of the tests that he had proposed to Hashem.

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Parsha Chayei-Sarah, Part 5

The Marraige of Yitzchak and Rivkah

Ch. 24, verses 50-67: Continues with the story of Eliezar bringing Rivkah to Yitzhok as a wife.

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Parsha Chayei-Sarah, Part 6

Avraham's Passing and Burial

Ch. 25, verses 1-18: Avraham marries Keturah, she bears him six sons. He sends them to the east with gifts. However, to Yitzchok he leaves all that he owns. He dies at the age of 175. He is buried by Yitzchok and Yishmael in the Machpelah with Sarah. Continues with the genealogy of Yishmael, and his death at the age of 137.

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